Michael Levin’s Feminism and Freedom is the work of a supremely courageous individual. Women’s liberation has so permeated the universities that any attack on this philosophy is bound to create personal difficulties for a male author. Volume 10, Number 1 (1991) Block, Walter. “Levin on Feminism and Freedom.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 10,
When I first received Milton Friedman’s letter in response to my article “Hayek’s Road to Serfdom” I did not realize it would lead to more. Over the past few years I have shared these letters with several colleagues, friends, and students. However, such are his fame and accomplishments that I thought these back and forth letters might be of
Volume 3, No. 2 (Summer 2000) Both the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics and the Review of Austrian Economics are now publishing regularly and have been doing so ever since their respective inceptions. These periodicals have featured path breaking research from dozens of Austrians, and have managed to attract the contributions
(With assistance from Bill Barnett) I am perhaps one of the most heavily published of all Austro libertarians now active, at least in terms of refereed journals and law reviews (205, plus 32 forthcoming, for a total of 237 as of today), so these hints, below, might be of some use to you. At least they are based on a wealth of experience, garnered
The case of Terri Schiavo is almost as controversial as it is tragic. In 1990 Mrs. Schiavo, who reached her 40th year in 2005, fell victim to brain damage. She has been in a vegetative state ever since, kept alive not under her own power, but aided by a welter of feeding tubes and other paraphernalia of modern medicine. The controversy? Her
I agree entirely with Ralph . The only “trouble” with Guido’s book is that, as long as it is, it should have been twice as long. I very greatly regretted finishing reading it. I wanted more. Happily, Guido is a very young man, and we can expect more great things from him in
[With this column, Mises.org inaugurates a regular column by Walter Block, senior scholar of the Mises Institute, professor of economics at the University of Central Arkansas, and author of Defending the Undefendable , a brilliant application of economic logic to everyday problems and political issues. You can read Professor Block’s vita here ]
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