1. For some reason Steve Sailer is suspicious of Jewish economists: http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2014/12/who-are-the-most-influential-economists.html … (see comment #1 on post).
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2. "Who is the most influential American gentile economist?" So: no Jews, no foreigners.
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3. Sailer's comment reminds me of a general law: all comment sections are bad but libertarian websites have the worst comments of all.
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4. There's a huge gap between the intelligence of articles in places like Reason and the gibbering bigotry that often flourishes in comments
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5. To theorize a little, there's an unusually large gap between high-brow libertarianism and popular libertarianism.
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6. Highbrow libertarianism is often wrongheaded but is a genuine attempt to have a philosophy of liberty.
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@HeerJeet In particular, it has always seemed to me that libertarianism doesn't have an adequate theory of "private property."1 reply 1 retweet 1 like -
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@HeerJeet As I understand it, libertarians believe one of government's main legit functions is to protect "private property."1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet But this assumes that "private property" exists prior to government, rather than being created by government.2 replies 2 retweets 0 likes
@marta_rose You should read @MattBruenig -- he's very good on that point.
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@HeerJeet Thx for the h/t! Am perusing@MattBruenig's website & note that "capital unions" names another issue I have w/libertarianism.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@MattBruenig I've never understood how labor unions are antithetical to "free markets." Labor is a market player, yes?1 reply 2 retweets 0 likes - Show replies
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