I’ve uploaded a new article – The Case Against Gun Control. Here’s the abstract: Gun control violates the right of individuals to control their own property. It also violates economic law. Enforcement of gun control creates incentives to produce guns on the black market. Gun control causes crime and corruption, whereas gun ownership actually deters [...]
I’ve uploaded another article – The Case Against Drug Prohibition. Here’s the abstract: Prohibition violates the right of individuals to control their own bodies, and violates economic law. Any increased enforcement of prohibition creates greater incentives to produce drugs. Prohibition causes crime and corruption. It increases the potency and reduces the quality of drugs, causing [...]
Here’s the first article from my new articles section – The Case for Free Trade. Here’s the abstract: Free trade is both morally and practically superior to protectionism. First, protectionism violates the right of individuals to engage in voluntary exchange. Second, specialization and trade are beneficial whenever there is absolute or comparative advantage between individuals. [...]
01.27.09New Articles page
Check out the new Articles page for “Systematic, timeless, and comprehensive expositions of libertarian philosophy.” My goal is to create a one-stop resource where someone can learn the main tenets of libertarian anarchism. One of the problems with the libertarian movement is that it is lacking an “argument database” where a newbie can find the [...]