Mike Munger - What Is The Difference Between Directionalism and Destinationism?

27/08/2025 50 min Episodio 315
Mike Munger - What Is The Difference Between Directionalism and Destinationism?

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Episode Synopsis

In this conversation from 2023, Alex and Mike Munger discuss two strains of thought within the liberty movement - one concerned with philosophical purity and cohesion, the other with advancement towards a common ideal of greater freedom for all. 
Episode Notes:
Mike's article "The Right Kind of Nothing": https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-right-kind-of-nothing/
An introduction to Coasian bargaining:
http://www.ejolt.org/2015/09/coasian-bargaining-2/ 
The Piece commissioned by Leonard Read by Milton Friedman and George Stigler on Rent Control:
https://fee.org/resources/roofs-or-ceilings-the-current-housing-problem/ 
Mike Munger's piece "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things"
https://www.aier.org/article/this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things-directionalists-vs-destinationists/ 
James Buchanan on Relatively Absolute Absolutes
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11127-021-00883-0