Tag: libertarians
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Tea Party Libertarians and Small Organic Farmers Make Strange Political Bedfellows
U.S. News: Tea Party Libertarians and Small Organic Farmers Make Strange Political Bedfellows The unlikely coalition between Tea Party libertarians and small organic farmers. Laura Bledsoe didn't set out to join a political movement, she merely wanted to serve what she considered a sustainable meal. … … But it soon became apparent that her nervousness…
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Being Uncharitable to Those Who Disagree
Arnold Kling is a libertarian economist who blogs at askblog. His tagline for his blog is "taking the most charitable view of those who disagree." In a recent post, Being Uncharitable to Those Who Disagree, he began with: In his recent book, Libertarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know, Jason Brennan writes, American politics has two…
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Conservatives, Libertarians, and Big Ideas
EconoLog: Conservatives, Libertarians, and Big Ideas Stephen Bainbridge writes, it is the Libertarians and the progressives who are Big Idea people. Despite their obvious differences in philosophy, they share the absurd belief that if only their big idea(s) came to pass, society would inexorably progress towards some ideal. …“A people’s historic continuity of experience, says…