Comments on: Essential Libertarian Left Reading http://darianworden.com/blog/2008/11/essential-libertarian-left-reading/ Darian Worden's Blog Fri, 07 Oct 2011 22:58:30 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Cato Unbound » Blog Archive » When Corporations Hate Markets: Best of the Blogs http://darianworden.com/blog/2008/11/essential-libertarian-left-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-556 Cato Unbound » Blog Archive » When Corporations Hate Markets: Best of the Blogs Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:13:12 +0000 http://darianworden.com/blog/?p=285#comment-556 [...] Worden writes: The only thing I would have to add (cuz I’m a picky bastard) is to Long’s discussion of deregula.... There is regulation by government, and there is regulation by the market. The former operates [...] [...] Worden writes: The only thing I would have to add (cuz I’m a picky bastard) is to Long’s discussion of deregula…. There is regulation by government, and there is regulation by the market. The former operates [...]

]]> By: Free Market Regulation http://darianworden.com/blog/2008/11/essential-libertarian-left-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-361 Free Market Regulation Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:29:39 +0000 http://darianworden.com/blog/?p=285#comment-361 [...] Darian Worden on how the market regulates business and how this type of regulation is reduced when government regulation is expanded. The only thing I would have to add (cuz I’m a picky bastard) is to Long’s discussion of deregulation. There is regulation by government, and there is regulation by the market. The former operates through coercion and political favoritism. The latter operates through competition, true consequences, free unions, and independent product testing. The former can only be increased at the expense of the latter. Thus when government regulations are increased, free market regulation necessarily suffers, and it is in this way only that “deregulation” can be blamed for economic troubles. When libertarians say that we are in favor of deregulation, we run the risk of appearing to want businesses to get away with anything, when we are actually presenting the best possible restraint on business: the power of the market. [...] [...] Darian Worden on how the market regulates business and how this type of regulation is reduced when government regulation is expanded. The only thing I would have to add (cuz I’m a picky bastard) is to Long’s discussion of deregulation. There is regulation by government, and there is regulation by the market. The former operates through coercion and political favoritism. The latter operates through competition, true consequences, free unions, and independent product testing. The former can only be increased at the expense of the latter. Thus when government regulations are increased, free market regulation necessarily suffers, and it is in this way only that “deregulation” can be blamed for economic troubles. When libertarians say that we are in favor of deregulation, we run the risk of appearing to want businesses to get away with anything, when we are actually presenting the best possible restraint on business: the power of the market. [...]

]]> By: Soviet Onion http://darianworden.com/blog/2008/11/essential-libertarian-left-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-273 Soviet Onion Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:20:18 +0000 http://darianworden.com/blog/?p=285#comment-273 Blasphemy! (also nice touch) Blasphemy! (also nice touch)

]]> By: DarianW http://darianworden.com/blog/2008/11/essential-libertarian-left-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-270 DarianW Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:34:39 +0000 http://darianworden.com/blog/?p=285#comment-270 Libertarian leet was actually on purpose. I think it makes for great pun-age. Libertarian leet was actually on purpose. I think it makes for great pun-age.

]]> By: Soviet Onion http://darianworden.com/blog/2008/11/essential-libertarian-left-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-268 Soviet Onion Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:20:47 +0000 http://darianworden.com/blog/?p=285#comment-268 First "freed market" and now "libertarian leet"? There's only one explanation for these typo-tic black swans: Discordia at work. First “freed market” and now “libertarian leet”? There’s only one explanation for these typo-tic black swans: Discordia at work.

]]> By: william http://darianworden.com/blog/2008/11/essential-libertarian-left-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-255 william Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:47:45 +0000 http://darianworden.com/blog/?p=285#comment-255 "libertarian leet" You win good sir. “libertarian leet”

You win good sir.

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