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I’ll take the fault for not knowing Hayek well enough to catch the parody/sarcasm. Mea Culpa. On a Totally Unrelated Matter: what do you think the libertarian response will be to the “defund the police” movement. Seems like another op…

“Each division was spread thin” — in the public works section he’s already starting to think in pizzaesque terms. LikeLike

[…] libertarianism.” In more formal terms, Roderick Long has drawn attention to what he calls “right conflationism.” This is the tendency of many libertarians to defend the outcomes of an actually existing market […]

In reply to sean samis. My post was meant to be a parody of recent uses of Hayek’s “The Use of Knowledge in Society.” It’s intended to be facetious from beginning to end. Either I played it so deadpan that the sarcasm didn&#8217…

I admit I find your comments confusing, especially this line: “… if only the Peruvians had lacked a credible answer as to where they would go, all those patients would have survived. It’s only when you have a credible answer as to the patient’s d…

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In reply to mlyoung57. Oh, never mind–this just popped into my inbox: YOU’RE HIRED, Irfan! Obviously, my reputation precedes me. LikeLike

In reply to mlyoung57. I still have not delivered on my promise to study Raimondo’s governing style. Meanwhile, a good interview with a local epidemiologist (Montclair State University). I think she’s a little too understated about the heal…