Author Archive | Ilya Somin
Libertarianism and Culture, Round II
Libertarianism and Culture
How Much of a Difference will the Administration’s New Policy on Prosecuting Medical Marijuana Cases Make?
Assessing Ayn Rand: “An Utterly Intolerant and Dogmatic Person Who Did a Great Deal of Good”
Peter Wallison on the Role of Government in Causing the Mortgage Crisis
Cash for Golf Carts
Asian-American Applicants and Competing Rationales for Affirmative Action in Higher Education
A Massive Dollop of Corporate Welfare for the New York Yankees
Repeating the Mistakes of the Mortgage Crisis
Merit-Based Pay Cuts for Academics?
Hayek on the Use of Superior Expert Knowledge as a Justification for Paternalism
My Findlaw Column on Alvarez v. Smith – A Key Property Rights Case Argued Before the Supreme Court Today
By Ilya Somin on October 14, 2009 3:12 pm in Due Process Clause Property Rights, Property Rights, Supreme Court
Pitfalls of Paternalism
By Ilya Somin on October 14, 2009 12:43 am in Libertarian Paternalism, Paternalism, Political Ignorance
Elinor Ostrom and the Tragedy of the Commons
By Ilya Somin on October 12, 2009 11:08 pm in Collective Action Problems, Economy, Environment, Libertarianism, Property Rights, Regulation