Category: Essays
See full post on Econlib. It was Don Lavoie, not Friedrich Hayek, who coined the term “knowledge problem” in his seminal 1985 National Economic Planning: What Is Left? (itself a more accessible and policy-focused distillation of Lavoie’s thesis, under Israel Kirzner, entitled Rivalry and Central Planning: The Socialist Calculation Debate Reconsidered). Lavoie reformulated and clarified […]
I was pleased to announce the C4SS Mutual Exchange Symposium on Anarchism & Egoism, originally published at the Center for a Stateless Society. Many consider anarchism and egoism polar opposites. Anarchism opposes all forms of domination, from statism to capitalism to patriarchy, because it is about dignity and autonomy for everyone. Egoism, from the French égoïsme meaning […]
Philosopher, writer, C4SS Senior Fellow, and longtime anarchist theorist Roderick T. Long is facing steep medical costs and needs our help paying his bills. I’ve known Roderick Long for the better part of a decade and few people have had a bigger impact on my life. Roderick is my biggest intellectual inspiration. Not just because he’s usually right […]
The desperate yearning for answers and clarity shared by viewer and protagonist makes “The Big Lebowski” an emotionally unique experience that deeply resonates with anyone who’s been confused by the vastness and indifference of the universe. In its whimsical, chaotic, and even frustrating tone and structure, it encourages the viewer to aspire for the Dude’s Sisyphean resilience in the face of the absurd.
This post was originally published by the Center for a Stateless Society. Even if you’ve never read a comic book or seen a superhero movie, Stan Lee has affected your life. His storytelling. His approach to heroism. His moral lessons. His ethos, embodied in the catchphrase “Excelsior!” The Mount Rushmore of modern pop culture surely […]
This post was originally published by the Center for a Stateless Society. “I was home with my daughter, my service dog Pono, and Rosie the chinchilla, who belongs to my daughter, Abby. When I read the alarm, I jump out of bed and grab my glasses. I run to Abigail’s room. ‘Get up honey. You […]
I was pleased to announce the C4SS Mutual Exchange Symposium on Freedom of Speech and Political Violence, originally published at the Center for a Stateless Society. Mutual Exchange is the Center for a Stateless Society’s effort to achieve mutual understanding through dialogue. As anarchists, we often try to make visible the myriad of state violence […]
I was pleased to coordinate and announce the June 2017 Mutual Exchange Symposium on Anarchy and Democracy, as originally published at the Center for a Stateless Society. Mutual Exchange is the Center for a Stateless Society’s effort to achieve mutual understanding through dialogue. Following one of the most divisive Presidential elections in recent U.S. American […]
It was my pleasure to coordinate and introduce the Center for a Stateless Society’s Mutual Exchange on the Future of Agorism. The Monthly Mutual Exchange Symposium is C4SS’s effort to achieve mutual understanding through exchange. September’s Mutual Exchange Symposium will explore the philosophy of agorism. Originally coined by radical libertarian social theorist Samuel Edward Konkin […]
It was my pleasure to have the opportunity to coordinate and introduce the Center for a Stateless Society’s Mutual Exchange on Occupancy and Use. “It’s a shame there’s even a need to say this, but ‘property’ is a word that’s used by different people to mean different things,” reckons Kevin Carson in his opening salvo. […]
