Freddie de Boer, in a widely read post, laments that there isn’t much of a far-left blogosphere. I’ll take the premise for granted; Freddie lists a lot of people, some of whom I’ve heard of, few of whom I’ve read, who are not left-wing enough. Have lefty bloggers sold out to gain respectability, or is [...]

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Pete Boettke asks for essays addressing this question; I’ll give him a blog post instead. From the content of Pete’s post, it’s clear that he’s not asking if the blogosphere is a common-pool resource; rather, he’s asking about the comments that appear on blog posts. Furthermore, I don’t think he’s suggesting that by reading (i.e., [...]

Tags: blogosphere, Boettke, comments, common-pool resource, first world problem, Ostrom, Sturgeon's Law
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