Over at the Adam Smith Institute Blog, Madsen Pirie has been writing a series of common errors. In one sentence he puts a common argument one might encounter, like “Big business only cares about profits.” The blog post then consists of 300-or-so words that systematically demolish the argument.
Pirie’s books in the past have attacked logical fallacies one may encounter, but with this blog series – at 21 and counting – Pirie’s clinical logic takes on a more practical side. The posts read as a veritable tool kit for demolishing the arguments put foward by our anti-libertarian colleagues.
There is a need for this kind of how-to guide: I’m sure all of us have been in a situation where an argument has seemed so flimsy yet we’ve not had the key to disarming it to hand. With this new series of blog posts – and rumour of a book in the offing – I think we can be assured of easier victories in these little arguments!