Sunday, February 26, 2017

Spencer gets one correct


Interesting observation and correct use of the word 'libertarianism' with the small "l" here:





11 comments:

Schofield said...

Shame Milton Friedman never tried analyzing the Declaration of Independence where he would have discovered that equality of power (democracy) is necessary for liberty! See Danielle Allen's book "Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration Of Independence in Defense of Equality."

Ryan Harris said...

His 1930s haircut doesn't help his cause.

Matt Franko said...

hmmmmm..... might have to scratch hairstyle plans for membership in the alt-MMT movement then....

Ryan Harris said...

I think MNE gets the bastard-step-child of MMT treatment already from the MMT academics even without the alt-MMT label. Except Tom, who I think is a theo-prof, but he seems to tolerate the unorthodox everything that pervades comments here.

Matt Franko said...

Tom's a true Philosopher Ryan...

Ryan Harris said...

Should've known.
He does a 15 minute post on Hegel and then I'm stuck at home reading for 4 nights all the obscure links that won't make sense until another month has passed to even grasp what it's all about.

such is life.

Noah Way said...

Pinochet was our boy, installed after the CIA interfered in the election.

Ryan Harris said...

*Drone drops out of sky to get Noah Way*

Noah Way said...

The Deep State at work.

A fierce supporter of economic neoliberalism, Pinochet has been called the "ultimate free marketeer", although he did not respect dissidents' self-ownership enough to refrain from interning them in soccer stadiums, brutally torturing and murdering them.

Our kind of guy.

Penguin pop said...

Tom's a very interesting fellow. The more I've read his comments, the more I've been seeing the contradictions and paradoxes with things like liberal democracy.

Pinochet's also very easy to remember. The poster-child for all that Milton Friedman esque ideology and look how that turned out.

John said...

Penguin, I wish I had come across MNE and Tom years ago. More than anything, though, I wish I had come across Bill Mitchell's blog when it first appeared: it would have saved a lot of time, energy, walking around in confusion and banging my head against a brick wall.