Reconciling Hayek and Mill’s Divergent Defenses of Liberty

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F.A. Hayek (NA) John Stuart Mill. (NA)   Nobel Prize-winning economist F.A. Hayek and the great political philosopher John Stuart Mill both reached generally libertarian conclusions. But, as prominent Harvard law Porf. and political theorist Cass Sunstein points out in an excellent recent post, they did so for quite different reasons: Mill was a romantic about choosers (about you and me, and what we know, and what we are capable of), while Hayek was not a romantic about choosers at all (not close). He was a romantic, or something like that, about undesigned orders and traditions, and a skeptic about planners. Mill…

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$9.25M Verdict Against N.Y. Times, in Libel Case Brought by Alabama Basketball Player

The N.Y. Times (Katie Robertson) so reports, and adds that “The Times had not lost a defamation lawsuit brought in the United States over one of its articles in more than 50 years.” Here’s an excerpt of the decision from Judge Annemarie Carney Axon (N.D. Ala.) in May (Spears v. N.Y. Times Co.) that allowed the case to go forward: Plaintiff Kai Spears was a walk-on basketball player for The University of Alabama men’s basketball team and developed close friendships with other teammates, including Brandon Miller. In the early hours of the morning on January 15, 2023, Mr. Spears and…

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