Al Carroll (NVCC): The Moral and Practical Failures of Libertarianism and Small Government Conservatism. Alain Marciano (Montpellier): Freedom, Choice and Consent: A Note on a Libertarian Paternalist Dilemma. Matt Zwolinski (San Diego): Libertarianism and Pollution. From Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Garvan Walshe (Manchester): Green Libertarianism. From Cato Unbound, Mark S. Weiner on the paradox of modern individualism. Libertarians’ scary new star: Meet Bryan Caplan, the right’s next “great” philosopher. Matt Zwolinski on libertarianism beyond Nozick. Thanks, libertarians, but we've go this: Let’s have a debate over the Left and the state — but not on the libertarians’ distorted terms. Libertarians’ reality problem: Kim Messick on how an estrangement from history yields abject failure. The man who made libertarians wrong about the constitution: Cass Sunstein reviews The Classical Liberal Constitution: The Uncertain Quest for Limited Government by Richard A. Epstein. Uber and Airbnb are waging a libertarian war on regulators: Noam Scheiber on Silicon Valley's disingenuous rhetoric about the "sharing economy". Tyler Cowen on a libertarian case for expanding Medicaid. On #libertarian grounds, the case for #reparations for Jim Crow, at least, seems airtight. For libertarian utopia, float away on “startup” nation. Rand Paul headlines Silicon Valley festival for hipster libertarians. Libertarians learn a hard lesson: Heather Digy Parton on Murray Rothbard’s spat with Koch brothers. A famous science fiction writer's descent into libertarian madness: Robert Heinlein became increasingly right wing, and his novels suffered for it. The truth about our libertarian age: Mark Lilla on why the dogma of democracy doesn't always make the world better.
