http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/03/18/virginia-postrel/an-18th-century-brain-in-a-21st-century-head/ Big Ideas for a Better World Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:24:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/03/18/virginia-postrel/an-18th-century-brain-in-a-21st-century-head/comment-page-1/#comment-352125 The Taxonomy of libertarians - In The Agora Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:31:20 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/?p=433#comment-352125 [...] and it would help in public discourse to be more precise about small-government types. In a post two years ago, Virginia Postrel laid out a taxonomy of [...] [...] and it would help in public discourse to be more precise about small-government types. In a post two years ago, Virginia Postrel laid out a taxonomy of [...]

]]> http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/03/18/virginia-postrel/an-18th-century-brain-in-a-21st-century-head/comment-page-1/#comment-40544 What Kind of Libertarian Am I? « Marginalia Mon, 26 Mar 2007 23:41:24 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/?p=433#comment-40544 [...] March 26, 2007 at 4:41 pm · Filed under Wonk, Econ, Politics The other day, Marginal Revolution poined me to an excellent essay by Virginia Postrel at Cato Unbound. In it, she delineates four cultural and intellectual traditions that we typically lump together under the umbrella of “libertarianism.” Briefly and inadequately paraphrased, they are: [...] [...] March 26, 2007 at 4:41 pm · Filed under Wonk, Econ, Politics The other day, Marginal Revolution poined me to an excellent essay by Virginia Postrel at Cato Unbound. In it, she delineates four cultural and intellectual traditions that we typically lump together under the umbrella of “libertarianism.” Briefly and inadequately paraphrased, they are: [...]

]]> http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/03/18/virginia-postrel/an-18th-century-brain-in-a-21st-century-head/comment-page-1/#comment-39318 links for 2007-03-24 « Romulo Lopez Cordero Sat, 24 Mar 2007 06:55:11 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/?p=433#comment-39318 [...] Cato Unbound » Blog Archive » An 18th-Century Brain in a 21st-Century Head (tags: economics government libertarian politics) [...] [...] Cato Unbound » Blog Archive » An 18th-Century Brain in a 21st-Century Head (tags: economics government libertarian politics) [...]

]]> http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/03/18/virginia-postrel/an-18th-century-brain-in-a-21st-century-head/comment-page-1/#comment-37205 mlarson.org » Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:34:30 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/?p=433#comment-37205 [...] Some interesting thoughts on the future of libertarianism from Virginia Postrel: While the last century’s greatest threats to liberty, prosperity, and peace came from totalitarian nation-states, today’s come from transnational organizations—ranging from imperialistic regulators (the European Union) to violent religious crusaders—and from “failed states” where warring gangs have superseded governments. Focusing on the nation-state as the source of all threats to liberty is anachronistic… Against these ideological and institutional challenges, liberal society will need the practical lessons of libertarian scholarship on decentralized order and knowledge sharing. It will need the cultural libertarianism that knows liberal society is not just familiar but good. And it will need the 18th-century wisdom that lets skepticism happily coexist with civility and reason. Surviving the 21st century with our sanity and civilization intact will require less Nietzsche and more Hume. [...] [...] Some interesting thoughts on the future of libertarianism from Virginia Postrel: While the last century’s greatest threats to liberty, prosperity, and peace came from totalitarian nation-states, today’s come from transnational organizations—ranging from imperialistic regulators (the European Union) to violent religious crusaders—and from “failed states” where warring gangs have superseded governments. Focusing on the nation-state as the source of all threats to liberty is anachronistic… Against these ideological and institutional challenges, liberal society will need the practical lessons of libertarian scholarship on decentralized order and knowledge sharing. It will need the cultural libertarianism that knows liberal society is not just familiar but good. And it will need the 18th-century wisdom that lets skepticism happily coexist with civility and reason. Surviving the 21st century with our sanity and civilization intact will require less Nietzsche and more Hume. [...]

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