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

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

Update: 2025-08-27
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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 

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

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

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