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'Libertarianism for kindergartners': An economist tells a statist to let kids study what they want

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George Mason University's Bryan Caplan made his case to the libertarian Cato Institute last week that, aside from “literacy and numeracy” skills, kids are better than adults at deciding what they should learn in order to pursue a fulfilling career. Continue reading 'Libertarianism for kindergartners': An economist tells a statist to let kids study what they want→

Social Contract Theory as Statist Apologia

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And even if subsequent generations of political theorists, radical liberals, libertarians and anarchists in particular, reacted to the social contract theories of Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau in earnest, keen to point out the obvious weaknesses in the basic theoretical edifice, Continue reading Social Contract Theory as Statist Apologia→