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In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Contrasting what is *likely* under stateless markets-without-capitalism with what can somehow be *guaranteed* under the state seems like an odd contrast, given that your complaint is that the state *isn’t* guaranteeing …

In reply to Roderick T. Long. It is news to me. But the truth is that I started checking out of the libertarian/Objectivist literature maybe six or seven years ago, started reading other things, and sort of lost touch with it. I took your view to be a…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. I’ve never heard of “markets-but-not-capitalism” being used to mean *merely* markets without the state. Certainly that’s not what we mean by it. By that definition, anarcho-capitalists would count as…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Well, I don’t take “capitalism or markets-but-not-capitalism” to refer to “the view described in that book you’ve mentioned that I’ve just admitted to not having read.” I was takin…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. “Now suppose, under anarchism, that we have firms with asymmetric bargaining power vis-a-vis workers.” In other words, suppose the thesis of our book is false and all of our arguments are mistaken? Well yes, that…

Elon Musk: “My frank opinion is that the harm from the coronavirus panic far exceeds that of the virus itself,” he wrote. “I will personally be at work, but that’s just me.” https://www.sfgate.com/cnet/article/Tesla-plant…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. I have yet to read that book. That said, I’m familiar with the “market”/”capitalism” distinction, but I don’t think the scenario I describe in the second half of the post is distinctive …

A loyal PoT reader, Chris Paglinco, points out to me off-line that a notary is suggested but not required for wills and advance directives in New Jersey. He sends along this extremely useful website that allows you to plug your state in and get the rel…

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