A Premise Questioned

I haven’t been posting lately because I’ve been working on topics not directly related to the theme of the blog. I am reading G.A. Cohen’s Rescuing Justice and Equality. It…

Free Money for Grad Students

Are you a current or prospective graduate student with an interest in classical liberal / libertarian ideas?  If so, consider applying for a Humane Studies Fellowship. Awards between $2,000 and…

Shouldn’t Sweatshops Do More?

Sophisticated critics of sweatshop labor recognize that sweatshop jobs make workers better off, but argue that sweatshops should do more to improve the lives of workers – that they should make them…

Maybe

This post suggests that Elizabeth Warren’s “there is nobody in this country who got rich on his own” is a deliciously ironic appropriation of Adam Smith’s insights about economic interdependence…