May, 2007

Where’s the Nominalism?

by Liam Murphy
The Conversation
May 22nd, 2007

I doubt that Richard Epstein misunderstands the point I keep making, but he writes as if he does: The proposition that each person is entitled to have the maximum liberty consistent with the like liberty of others is a position that only makes sense within the framework of the classical liberal system. The moment that [...]

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If We Must Have “Rights,” Don’t Forget the Subscripts

by Daniel B. Klein
The Conversation
May 22nd, 2007

If one says that the minimum wage is coercive, is one saying that the law violates the only true rights (e.g., freedom of contract)? No. But Liam continues to write as though someone in this exchange says “yes.” If the law says employers may not pay less than $X, then, obviously, in one significant sense, [...]

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