tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post8064995323036839022..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Horror from HorwitzRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-65235470229977175112014-03-21T17:11:33.714-04:002014-03-21T17:11:33.714-04:00Oh, I now see why Horwitz might have an old gripe....Oh, I now see why Horwitz might have an old gripe. I wrote this:<br /><br />"Fact is, Steve Horwitz is upset by the "Jewish banking elite" stuff, which he sees as racist paranoia, so his main gripe (the theoretical arguments are just a pretext) is that Ron Paul and Mises come attached to unwholesome conspiratorial "wing-nuts" who want to talk about who's controlling Lila Rajivahttp://www.mindbodypolitic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-39628310283820720672014-03-21T16:28:30.125-04:002014-03-21T16:28:30.125-04:00Just stepped on Horwitz's toes with this one, ...Just stepped on Horwitz's toes with this one, where I mistook him for a guy who wrote a review of Paul Goodman...tangential to my argument<br /><br />http://mindbodypolitic.com/2014/03/17/brutalist-humanitarians-vol-3-the-pederast-as-pedagogue/<br /><br />Horwitz was just on my blog, calling me insane, and accusing me of intentionally calling him a pedophile supporter. Of course, I'd Lila Rajivahttp://www.mindbodypolitic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-34637285972869038302014-01-27T22:30:31.077-05:002014-01-27T22:30:31.077-05:00"I suspect it is relatively harmless."
..."I suspect it is relatively harmless."<br /><br />Oops!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-84739511031148221512013-12-30T12:00:42.372-05:002013-12-30T12:00:42.372-05:00I think the difference is quite a bit more than se...I think the difference is quite a bit more than semantics.<br /><br />I would say that most left-libertarians don't know what capitalism is (free, voluntary exchange driven by personal savings), but instead think our current fascist system (unfree, sometimes voluntary exchange driven by personal and government debt) is somehow capitalism in action.<br /><br />Many left-libertarians I've Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-11445216201668609912013-12-27T23:53:29.795-05:002013-12-27T23:53:29.795-05:00It's hard to believe that Horwitz was a studen...It's hard to believe that Horwitz was a student in Thomas DiLorenzo's class. He must have been sleeping in those classes.Chris Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-14614445833269378102013-12-27T18:18:23.122-05:002013-12-27T18:18:23.122-05:00George selgin is in with this crowd who muddies th...George selgin is in with this crowd who muddies the water of Austrian Econ Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-67493027502670060212013-12-27T16:40:54.030-05:002013-12-27T16:40:54.030-05:00Is Horowitz meaning that a flush-out wouldn't ...Is Horowitz meaning that a flush-out wouldn't be desirable, relative to "plausibility" ?<br />We do need to keep it clean, but doesn't he simply mean makes sense on Keynesian terms, whereas QE2 didn't (market agreed, was very surprised in August 2010 and had more net impact than QE1).<br />Clearly Tarp & QE1 are simple theft from the dollar users to the rich and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-43490261503036230392013-12-27T13:58:15.129-05:002013-12-27T13:58:15.129-05:00I believe left-libertarians' difference with a...I believe left-libertarians' difference with an-caps is more semantics than anything. They think an-caps can be "vulgar" sometimes when defending capitalism because they see capitalism as more of a neo-feudalism than anything else, historically speaking. So they are for "markets, not capitalism". But I think we are all striving for the same thing here: voluntaryism. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-10279587399785065782013-12-27T13:29:08.175-05:002013-12-27T13:29:08.175-05:00Rothbard used to describe the Horwitz syndrome as ...Rothbard used to describe the Horwitz syndrome as "simultaneous left- and right-wing deviationism." I suspect it is relatively harmless. Every strategy for liberty is a shot into the dark. "Let hundreds of flowers blossom," as Mao would say. Peace and good will to all in the coming year. Jule Herberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010275785788333723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-46529863803940661822013-12-27T11:09:50.492-05:002013-12-27T11:09:50.492-05:00Well, the "Left-libertarians" say they s...Well, the "Left-libertarians" say they support "freed markets." If that includes freeing the people from the chains of a State-controlled central bank, that would put them closer to the Austrians. I think. <br /><br />A truly civilized society is one in which everything is voluntary, including trade and commerce, and money and banking. If anyone wants to opt out of the State&#Scott Lazarowitzhttp://scottlazarowitz.org/blog/noreply@blogger.com