Posts from Rortybomb on Libertarianism and Personal Spending Priorities

I am more efficient at circuit design than commentary, so I’ve been slow to post lately. Here are links to two excellent posts on Rortybomb.

Libertarianism and Culture: If libertarians could accept cultural values playing a role in public policy and be generally less radical, they would be the majority.

Spending and Inequality: We often hear about people saving money by going to the coffee shop less and worrying about spending a few dollars more for fuel, but oftentimes the real problem is in a few large budget items: housing and transportation. People irrationally spend large amounts on these and then scrimp on everything else they buy.

These are not directly related apart from the idea that if people took more charge of their personal/family budgets, they would be more inclined to libertarianism.