Freedom and Flourishing

  I don’t think anyone has ever asked me the question posed above. When I tell people that I am an economist, some of them ask about my view...

  The reason I am thinking about selfishness has to do with Ayn Rand. It has little to do with her attitude toward Christmas, but I was plea...

  This question is of interest to me for two reasons. First, I am a fan of Ayn Rand’s novels. Second, in the first chapter of my book, Freed...

  Cartoon by Peter Nicholson from “ The Australian ” newspaper:  www.nicholsoncartoons.com.au Some erstwhile supporters of capitalism prob...

  Matt Zwolinski and John Tomasi have contributed an excellent history of libertarian ideas in their recently published book, The Individual...

Vipassana is an ancient form of meditation based on practice of equanimity in observation of physical sensations and thoughts. As people who...

  When I am asked who my heroes are, I have often said that I don’t have any these days. If asked why, my response has been that my heroes a...

When I recently re-read John Galt’s speech (in “Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand) I was reminded of Rand’s view that the mystics of spirit, who be...