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A primer for liberty! Extremely well written, Winton's point of view is definitely worth considering.
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Freedom and Flourishing
http://wintonbates.blogspot.com
The purpose of this blog is to explore relationships between freedom (liberty) and human flourishing.
- Author: Winton Bates
- Listed in: Economics Libertarian
- Tags: liberty happiness economics freedom self-actualization autonomy
Recent Posts
How can governments raise the quality of public debate in order to achieve worthwhile reforms?
Following from our recent discussions about Bryan Caplan’s book, “The Myth of the Rational Voter”, Jim said he wanted to ask me what I thought a reform-minded government could do to raise the quality of public debate in order to overcome proble...
What can be done to promote public understanding of complex issues?
Jim began our discussion by wishing me a happy new year and asking whether I had made any resolutions. I told him that I had not had much success in keeping new year’s resolutions, so there wasn’t much point in making them. Jim then offered to ma...
Are voters rationally irrational?
When we met next day, Jim wanted to talk more about Bryan Caplan’s book, “The Myth of the Rational Voter” (previous discussion here and here). He asked: “How original is Caplan’s stuff about voter irrationality?” I suggested that Caplan...
How good is Bert Kelly's bull story?
When I next saw Jim I had to tell him that he should have been more kind to Bryan Caplan, the author of “The Myth of the Rational Voter”. You might recall that Jim implied that Caplan did not recognise that economists bear some responsibility for...
Does voter rationality have to be a myth?
I think it was probably the sheep on the cover of the book that caught Jim’s eye. When he saw my copy of Bryan Caplan’s book, “The Myth of the Rational Voter”, Jim picked it up and asked me what it was about.I explained that Bryan Caplan cons...
