Arnold Kling vs. Paul Romer vs. Bruno Leoni
Arnold Kling writes: Paul Romer, in presenting his idea for charter cities, makes it sound as though we can take rules “manufactured” in, say, Canada, and export them anywhere in the world. Leoni would...
View ArticleMore Democraphilia from Wilkinson
Looks like we’ve got ourselves a good old-fashioned libertarian throwdown! Wilkinson argued that democracy was key to “real freedom,” which charter cities cannot provide. Kling offers a definition of...
View ArticleWhat Good Governance Looks Like
From a speech by Lee Hsien Loong, prime minister of Singapore, on the potential repeal of section 377a from Singapore’s penal code: Mr. Lee, in this speech, is defending his government’s position to...
View ArticleCraigslist Government
Wired has a fascinating article on Craigslist and its founder, Craig Newmark: Newmark’s claim of almost total disinterest in wealth dovetails with the way craigslist does business. Besides offering...
View ArticleTariffs as Tokens
Protectionism is back! On Friday evening, the Obama administration put in place a 33% tariff on Chinese tires. Here at ATN, we’re well versed in the problem of democratic failure – how special...
View ArticleSovereignty May Be Boolean, But Freedom Isn’t
A couple of weeks ago Mencius Moldbug wrote a very substantive, lengthy (SHOCKER!) criticism of seasteading, which you should read if you haven’t already. He makes a variety of interesting arguments,...
View ArticleYet Another Tricky Dick
Ezra Klein, is shocked, shocked to find out that Dick Gephardt, that old champion of progressive causes, has become a corporate shill. Klein whimpers: It’s not like this was the only way to make a...
View ArticleExit and Voice in The Intelligent Investor
Benjamin Graham‘s The Intelligent Investor is a pretty awesome investment book. In the latest, revised edition, published by Harper and updated with commentary by Jason Zweig, there is a fascinating...
View ArticleBarry Bonds, Politics, and Tribalism
In between coaching debate and reading ridiculous numbers of books, I’m a pretty big sports fan. My first love when it comes to sports is and will always be the San Francisco Giants. The Giants were...
View ArticleThe Dark Side of Competitive Government?
Lawrence Auster, the curmudgeonly traditionalist conservative blogger (who you should probably be reading – he’s very intelligent, a great writer, and you will disagree with him 90% of the time) has a...
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