Archive - The Bleeding Heart Libertarian

Libertarianism's Democracy Problem

Anti-democracy is the theory that the elites know what we want, and are going to give it to us good and hard

Mar 24 •

February 2025

Friends, Family, and Strangers

In which I'm uncomfortably forced to admit that JD Vance is kinda right, and Scott Alexander is kinda wrong

Feb 3 •

January 2025

Rothbard's Simplistic Libertarianism

How not to argue for anarcho-capitalism

Jan 30

On Wanting to Be Liked

What economists sometimes miss in thinking about human nature

Jan 24 •

November 2024

Two Cheers for Lina Khan

Rethinking the libertarian position on antitrust

Nov 15, 2024 •

October 2024

Libertarians and Trump

Defending liberty means rejecting authoritarianism

Oct 25, 2024 •

The New Leftist Lawyers

What is "Law and Political Economy"?

Oct 21, 2024 •

Coercion, Capitalism, and Rights

The emptiness of a popular critique of capitalism

Oct 11, 2024 •

September 2024

There's No Such Thing as a Free Market, Part 2

It's all arbitrary...

Sep 27, 2024 •

There's No Such Thing as a Free Market, Part 1

Coercion is Everywhere

Sep 6, 2024 •

July 2024

The Triumph of Stasism

Nationalism, Populism, and the Republican Party

Jul 19, 2024 •

June 2024

Libertarianism and Moral Parity

Last week, I was in Stockholm for the launch of the Swedish translation of The Individualists.

Jun 17, 2024 •

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