If you’re interested in defending free markets, I highly recommend listening to or watching Tom Palmer‘s talk about his new book, Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice at a Cato Institute book forum last week. Tyler Cowen’s comments about it are also worthwhile.
http://www.cato.org/jwmediaplayer44/player.swf
The event and book sites linked above summarize the content. There’s also a link to the mp3 version, which you can split up into separate tracks using a nifty program like Slice Audio File Splitter. (Yes, my media player is old & lacks a bookmarking feature.)
Here’s an excerpt of a book review by Alberto Benegas-Lynch, Jr. of the National Academy of Sciences
in Buenos Aires , Argentina:
Civilization means understanding and endorsing certain values and principles, which in turn depends on an open debate of ideas. This collection of essays provides a unique and insightful perspective on classical liberalism. Palmer’s arguments are powerful and combine the abstract with the tangible in unusually well written and thoroughly researched essays. They are a philosophical feast, touching on a board range of topics. It is an honest and outspoken voice. It is entertaining and enlightening. The essays are a sweeping blow to those who advocate collectivism and they reinforce the stand of those of us who believe that a free society is a much better place to live for all persons of good will.
Have you read the exchange between Tom Palmer and Jeffrey Friedman in Critical Review–”What’s wrong with libertarianism?”?
It’s great food for thought. I still haven’t decided who won the debate.
http://tomgpalmer.com/selected-publications/
Have you read the exchange between Tom Palmer and Jeffrey Friedman in Critical Review–”What’s wrong with libertarianism?”?
It’s great food for thought. I still haven’t decided who won the debate.
http://tomgpalmer.com/selected-publications/