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Deus Naturae
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« on: January 10, 2015, 04:51:37 PM »
« edited: January 10, 2015, 05:00:27 PM by Deus Naturae »

No and there weren't any in the 19th century either.
That's blatantly false. Richard Cobden, Herbert Spencer, Eugen Richter, Gustave de Molinari, etc. If you're denying that these men were classical liberals then you've just made up your own definition.
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« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2015, 04:55:38 PM »

Smilo, where are you getting the idea that Malthusianism was a classically liberal idea? Malthus was an opponent of liberal policies.

Also, being an individualist doesn't mean that you oppose individuals exchanging goods and ideas. That's just an inane strawman.
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« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2015, 04:58:22 PM »

Ah, nostalgia for the 19th century...(only thing missing is the promotion of scientific racism and the obsession with the price of gold and.....oh.)

It's 2015? Huh


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_novelty
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« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2015, 02:32:34 PM »

Smilo, where are you getting the idea that Malthusianism was a classically liberal idea? Malthus was an opponent of liberal policies.

Also, being an individualist doesn't mean that you oppose individuals exchanging goods and ideas. That's just an inane strawman.

I missed this yesterday, but straight from the libertarian source: http://wiki.mises.org/wiki/Classical_liberalism
That article (which is actually a copy/paste from Wikipedia) seems to be equating classical economics with classical liberalism, which is incorrect. Malthus was an opponent of Ricardo and a supporter of protectionism.
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