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Episode 220: Gaining and Giving

Words & Numbers

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Why I'm Not an Anarchist, Just a Libertarian

Libertarians do very well when they're discussing things like consenting adults in whatever situation you want to talk about. They don't do nearly as well when we start thinking about tragedies of the commons. And this is one of the reasons why Ant and I refer to ourselves as classical liberals and not libertarians. James brought me around on that point when he first met over a decade ago. He's never going to be an anarchist.

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