tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post322290476595099246..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Tyler Cowen Comments on the Intrade ShutdownRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-89043741587049552462012-11-28T10:14:45.366-05:002012-11-28T10:14:45.366-05:00I agree that it is also bad policy to let a poor l...I agree that it is also bad policy to let a poor libertarian also be a prominent libertarian and unchallenged.<br /><br />However, it is Cowen's ideas that are the issue, and not his professed identity as a libertarian.<br /><br />After all, would his ideas be more or less odious if he called himself a 'Progressive' or a 'Democrat' or a 'Republican'?<br /><br />So... El Gordonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-28870770527783697622012-11-28T02:04:45.625-05:002012-11-28T02:04:45.625-05:00Excellent analysis. Rothbard would be proud.
If ...Excellent analysis. Rothbard would be proud. <br /><br />If this was Cowen's first (or most egregious) mistake I would agree, but he has a habit of this kind of intellectual (and I use the word ironically) bullshit reasoning. He his a Beltarian with libertarian leanings, and needs to be called out when he is so obviously wrong. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-12820258308258484752012-11-27T21:02:36.512-05:002012-11-27T21:02:36.512-05:00Cowen's identity isn't the issue. His ide...Cowen's identity isn't the issue. His identity is his own to decide and advertise - and for liberty to mean anything at all his identity must remain his own to define.<br /><br />I think Wenzel acted properly- though perhaps not popularly - in citing those of Cowen's ideas that are CLEARLY NOT LIBERTARIAN.<br /><br />Libertarian regulation? What would that be short of a compact thatEl Gordonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-2025764352369025912012-11-27T16:45:14.998-05:002012-11-27T16:45:14.998-05:00Intrade is not a big operation at all. The allusio...Intrade is not a big operation at all. The allusion to "system risk" is stupid. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09153766510906010466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-3249114550637101672012-11-27T16:33:51.576-05:002012-11-27T16:33:51.576-05:00Robert, surely you know, we have these fake libert...Robert, surely you know, we have these fake libertarians in place to muddy the waters. Mwaaahahaha... Oligarch09noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-75821658257207832682012-11-27T15:37:30.539-05:002012-11-27T15:37:30.539-05:00Cowen is a regime libertarian, not a real one.Cowen is a regime libertarian, not a real one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-1757540748894112472012-11-27T14:36:20.122-05:002012-11-27T14:36:20.122-05:00Calling Cowen a libertarian is like calling Romney...Calling Cowen a libertarian is like calling Romney or Bush libertarian. It's laughable- he's a state worshiping, power loving leech.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-73470275204583816702012-11-27T14:15:54.391-05:002012-11-27T14:15:54.391-05:00Mr. Cowen is just a "thoughtful, reasonable a...Mr. Cowen is just a "thoughtful, reasonable and mainstream libertarian".<br /><br />His anti-Austrianism and anti-free market poses prove it.Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.com