Both Gary Farber and Matthew Yglesias have recently posted to disaparage what Matthew calls “civil liberties alarmism”. Unsurprisingly, this has prompted some argument. The comments following Matthew’s post are particularly worth reading, even if I do say so myself.

Incidentally, Gary seems to have blogged more in the last few days than in the previous three months, and it’s good stuff, too. [02:42 PM]