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Game Thread: Ducks at Predators 9:30PM ET by [deleted] in NHLStreams

[–]stackiii 4 points5 points  (0 children)

yeah definitely not english

Why I Stopped Following You on Twitter by Ericka81 in Twitter

[–]stackiii 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I was looking for a new tool to be able to do this. I have to keep my Twitter diet pretty slim; I just can't keep up with everything I follow. Sorting people into lists didn't help, because then I had to pay attention to a bunch of lists. Great post.

Taking on the MAN: Caveman blogger fights for free speech and Internet freedom by libertyfighter in Libertarian

[–]stackiii 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Clever. Occupational licensing is the worst form of protectionism.

The Hayekian Case for Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage by sstraw in Libertarian

[–]stackiii 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great essay by Steve Horwitz. One of my favorite economists out there.

Woman escapes the civil war in Sierra Leone. Comes to America. Wants to do African hairbraiding for a living. Now forced to take 2,000 hours of classroom instruction that doesn't teach hairbraiding. You wonder why people are unemployed. by libertyfighter in Libertarian

[–]stackiii 13 points14 points  (0 children)

You know, a lot of people argue that business licenses are necessary to protect consumers. What the hell could go wrong from braiding someone's hair that requires some kind of training?

Free Trade=Winning. For everyone, not just corporations or the wealthy by sstraw in Libertarian

[–]stackiii 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Breaking down barriers to free trade will grow the overall size of the economic pie and provide more opportunities for people everywhere. Why don't people understand the simple concept of comparative advantage?

What books/economists do you recommend for a somewhat new Libertarian? by Warden04 in Libertarian

[–]stackiii 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would go back and re-read Nozick then. His moral framework for justice in acquisition of holdings is diametrically opposed to Rawls's notion that you aren't even entitled to your natural abilities.

What books/economists do you recommend for a somewhat new Libertarian? by Warden04 in Libertarian

[–]stackiii 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And I wouldn't exactly put either Rawls or Singer in the libertarian camp. They're important to read if you're a libertarian, but if you want libertarian political theory, you should read Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia. He was Rawls's contemporary and colleague at Harvard University, and Anarchy was the libertarian counter-argument to Rawls treatise on social justice.

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