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TGIF: Notes on Anarcho-Capitalism
I’m pretty sure I won’t be around long enough to see anarcho-capitalism—or what I call market-ordered anarchism—prevail in the United States.
3 hrs ago
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Marx Corrected
From each according to his freely undertaken contribution to the creation of wealth.
Dec 15
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TGIF: Trump Weighs in on Netflix, WBD, and CNN
The proposed merger of Netflix and Warner Bros.
Dec 12
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TGIF: Defending Israeli Mass Murder Isn't Easy
Although much has already been said, I can’t not comment on Sarah Hurwitz, the former Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama speechwriter, who faults young…
Dec 5
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November 2025
TGIF: Socialism with a Fig Leaf
What work does democratic perform in the phrase democratic socialism? It’s a fig leaf intended to conceal what would presumably be repugnant to most…
Nov 28
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TGIF: The Capitalist-Socialist Asymmetry
Free-marketeers have long pointed out a particular asymmetry between capitalism and socialism (whether of the international or national variety).
Nov 21
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TGIF: Benevolent Self-Interest
The most famous sentence in Adam Smith’s 1776 treatise, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, appears in Book I, Chapter 2:
Nov 14
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TGIF: Envy, Ignorance, Barbarism Triumph in New York
Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral victory in New York City is a triumph of moral barbarism, economic illiteracy, illogic, and just plain…
Nov 7
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October 2025
TGIF: Separating Powers
We may be sure that the “separation of powers” doctrine is of no interest to the vulgar egotist currently residing in the White House, which happens to…
Oct 31
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TGIF: The Libertarian Apostle of Peace
With Donald Trump furiously, ineptly, and fraudulently campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize, it may interest liberals—the classical variety…
Oct 24
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TGIF: The Absurdity of Democracy
If the continuing incompetence of Congress over passing a budget and reopening the U.S.
Oct 17
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TGIF: Hooked on the State
Since the government partial shutdown began, we've been seeing panicked headlines about states being denied federal money for promised or…
Oct 10
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