From RR

• Rothbard and a tale of two libertarianisms.
• Bridging the two? I’m probably a minarchist not an anarchist but listen to anarchists.
• Weapon of monetary destruction: the power to create money out of thin air. With computers you don’t need to run the printing press any more.
• Government welfare vs private charity.
• Those Nordic social democracies are not quite as they seem. High tax rates, yes, high levels of redistribution, yes, but underneath that social democratic bonnet there’s (to use the phrase of one commentator here) a surprisingly liberal capitalist economy purring along. Swedes have a reputation for smarts; they know better than to subsidise inefficient, unprofitable businesses.

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