Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

It’s been a few days since our last post on the new Routledge Handbook of Libertarianism. (We have already reviewed nine works from this remarkable collection of theoretical and applied essays.) In this post, we will review Jahel Queralt’s excellent essay: … Continue reading →

Behavioral economist Richard Thaler was awarded this year’s “Nobel Prize” in economics. But with all due respect, the Swedes got it wrong. If the selection criterion for winning a Nobel in economics these days is going to be original work … Continue reading →

Is it possible to model such subjective and other-regarding preferences as altruism and fairness? We stumbled upon this fascinating blog post by Dom Galeon on “Crowdsourced Morality.” Among other things, Galeon links to a five-page paper titled “Moral Decision Making Frameworks for Artificial Intelligence” … Continue reading →

The beautiful Blade Runner sequel, Blade Runner 2049, poses many deep  moral dilemmas, psychological puzzles, and other complex conundrums. Yet most of my fellow fans have overlooked a simple but key question: who owns the replicants? From a property rights perspective, the … Continue reading →

We saw the table pictured below on our Twitter feed (via @MichaelShermer), with the judgmental title: “Paranormal beliefs 2017. Only 25.3% of Americans do not hold any of the 7 beliefs.” (Shermer is a science writer and founder of The Skeptics Society.) But in … Continue reading →

We finally saw the movie Blade Runner 2049 and will be writing up a review soon. In the meantime, you can order your very own Wallace Corporation T-shirt (pictured below) here. (In Blade Runner 2049, the Wallace Corporation is the … Continue reading →

This post is part of our month-long series of blog posts reviewing select essays published in the new Routledge Handbook of Libertarianism. In this post, we will review Ryan Muldoon’s excellent essay on “Reasons to tolerate.” (Professor Muldoon, a political … Continue reading →

This post is part of a series of blog posts reviewing select essays published in the new Routledge Handbook of Libertarianism. In this particular post, we will review Fabian Wendt’s dangerous essay on “Libertarian property rights and the Lockean sufficiency … Continue reading →