Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Happy Friday the 13th! We now proceed with our review of some of the essays published in the new Routledge Handbook on Libertarianism. In this post, we will review Thomas Mulligan’s erudite essay “Libertarianism vs. meritocracy.” (Mulligan, a political theorist/philosopher … Continue reading →

In this post, we will review Jessica Flanigan’s thoughtful essay on “Libertarianism and medicine,” published in the new Routledge Handbook of Libertarianism. (Dr Flanigan is an ethicist at the University of Richmond.) Professor Flanigan points out a potential asymmetry in the way … Continue reading →

In our previous post, we included several links describing Richard Thaler’s major contributions to economics, finance, law, and other fields. (Thaler was awarded a “Nobel Prize” in economics earlier this week.) Rather than engaging in hero-worship or the usual congratulatory … Continue reading →

In honor of Richard H. Thaler receiving the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics (or the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, to be more precise): Thaler’s memoir and approach to economics (free Kindle ebook via Amazon) Press … Continue reading →

Today, we are resuming our review of the new Routledge Handbook of Libertarianism. The four essays we have reviewed thus far have all focused on various abstract aspects of libertarian theory. By contrast, the next few papers we will review can be categorized … Continue reading →

You can check out more of Mari Andrew’s art here. (We are taking Sunday off to finish reading “Moral Machines”; we will resume our review of the Routledge Handbook of Libertarianism on Monday.)

We are interrupting (again) our review of the new Routledge Handbook on Libertarianism to shout out the general release of the new Blade Runner sequel (now showing at a movie house near you!), which we are hoping to see this … Continue reading →

In this post, we will review Ilya Somin’s intriguing essay “How political ignorance strengthens the case for libertarianism,” published in the new Routledge Handbook of Libertarianism. (By the way, Somin, a law professor at George Mason University, has written an entire … Continue reading →

Today, we are interrupting our series of blog posts on the new Routledge Handbook of Libertarianism to offer a friendly critique of libertarian theory. Mass shootings like the one in Vegas point out a huge potential flaw with libertarianism. After … Continue reading →