Today would have been Robert Nozick’s seventieth birthday. He died in 2002 of stomach cancer. The philosopher was best known for his political philosophy of natural rights and distributive justice, though he contributed to other fields like the studies of rationality, punishment, and epistemology. Anyone interested in the man’s life should check the link...
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That is, What Would Nozick Do?In regard to the bailout, of course. Richard Epstein is a man after my heart: Now that yesterday’s market nosedive shows the disappointing Congressional bailout has not calmed markets, let the post-mortem begin. Disasters like this latest financial meltdown don’t just happen. Mistakes this huge require an impoverished political...
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