Comments on: Libertarians in an Unlibertarian World http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/03/08/brink-lindsey/libertarians-in-an-unlibertarian-world/ Big Ideas for a Better World Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:43:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Daniel W. Drezner http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/03/08/brink-lindsey/libertarians-in-an-unlibertarian-world/#comment-87300 Daniel W. Drezner Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:25:13 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/?p=428#comment-87300 <strong>The libertarian center cannot hold</strong> This month's Cato Unbound is a debate over Brink Lindsey's Age of Affluence. In the lead essay arguing that the country is more and more libertarian, Lindsey allows the following caveat to his argument: [A]t best libertarianism exists as a... The libertarian center cannot hold

This month’s Cato Unbound is a debate over Brink Lindsey’s Age of Affluence. In the lead essay arguing that the country is more and more libertarian, Lindsey allows the following caveat to his argument: [A]t best libertarianism exists as a…

]]> By: Con Law Geek » A Few Thoughts on Fusionism http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/03/08/brink-lindsey/libertarians-in-an-unlibertarian-world/#comment-51485 Con Law Geek » A Few Thoughts on Fusionism Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:30:20 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/?p=428#comment-51485 [...] Another obstacle is a general opposition to libertarian ideas themselves, as Brink Lindsey wrote in a recent post at Cato Unbound: And when it comes to government spending, Americans love their free ice cream: they may tell pollsters they favor less spending as an abstract proposition, but when you get down to specifics they don’t want to cut much of anything. A recent paper [doc] coauthored by Cato adjunct scholar Bryan Caplan and Edward Stringham cites data from the General Social Survey showing strong majorities in favor of increased spending on the environment, health care, education, anti-drug programs, and Social Security. The only genuinely unpopular government spending is for welfare, space exploration, and foreign aid – a drop in the budgetary bucket.  [...] [...] Another obstacle is a general opposition to libertarian ideas themselves, as Brink Lindsey wrote in a recent post at Cato Unbound: And when it comes to government spending, Americans love their free ice cream: they may tell pollsters they favor less spending as an abstract proposition, but when you get down to specifics they don’t want to cut much of anything. A recent paper [doc] coauthored by Cato adjunct scholar Bryan Caplan and Edward Stringham cites data from the General Social Survey showing strong majorities in favor of increased spending on the environment, health care, education, anti-drug programs, and Social Security. The only genuinely unpopular government spending is for welfare, space exploration, and foreign aid – a drop in the budgetary bucket.  [...]

]]> By: The Volokh Conspiracy http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/03/08/brink-lindsey/libertarians-in-an-unlibertarian-world/#comment-34993 The Volokh Conspiracy Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:54:00 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/?p=428#comment-34993 <strong>Two Fallacies that Cause (Excessive) Libertarian Despair:</strong> Tyler Cowen's counsel of libertarian despair (discussed in my previous post), and other similar works by fearful libertarians (e.g. - this s Two Fallacies that Cause (Excessive) Libertarian Despair:

Tyler Cowen’s counsel of libertarian despair (discussed in my previous post), and other similar works by fearful libertarians (e.g. - this s

]]> By: Boyd http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/03/08/brink-lindsey/libertarians-in-an-unlibertarian-world/#comment-31745 Boyd Fri, 09 Mar 2007 20:33:06 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/?p=428#comment-31745 <strong>It's hard out here for a libertarian</strong> Lindsey: Forget about walking the walk; almost nobody even talks our talk in the political arena anymore. The limited... It’s hard out here for a libertarian

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Forget about walking the walk; almost nobody even talks our talk in the political arena anymore. The limited…

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