Clayton -
Happy Birthday Ludwig von Mises!!!
The real robinson crusoe
Ten Reasons Not To Abolish Slavery (by Robert Higgs)
I decided to make an audio version of this article:
Oh, wow, thanks for pointing that article out
Watching a hit piece on wal-mart on netflix. You can instant stream it if you would like to watch it.
“Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price” - its pretty crazy how far the stretch their propaganda. Its just one big pro union and anti corporation hit piece.
@Graham: Outstanding! Five-stars, two-thumbs up!
Clayton -
I just read the following paper on libertarianpapers.org: Norms and the NAP. It’s quite good overall. It might be a good introductory paper for some newbie libertarians or just people interested in understanding libertarianism. The only thing I strongly disagree with is the following passage:
I don’t think it’s clear that A is violating the NAP in this scenario. Certainly there is conflict between the two should A shake B’s hand, but A has not violated B’s rights. This is the case because the two stranded men have yet to determine what the relevant rights are between the two of them. We can have our own opinions as to who was acting rightly, but the NAP states nothing about scenarios where the rights have yet to be determined. This is where mutual respect enters. It is not predicated upon previously determined rights. If A and B desire to share mutual respect, then they will attempt to resolve their dispute without further violence. There could be a case where two people who share respect for each other wish to duel instead, but this changes nothing. So long as the method of resolution was decided equally, it does not matter how they wish to resolve it.
Mutual respect precedes rights, so I think the author of that paper is wrong about that particular issue. Nevertheless, it’s a worthwhile read, and I think a lot of beginner libertarians could get something out of it.
