April 30, 2012
Against Social Justice
Jason Brennan writes Social justice is a moral standard by which some people judge political and economic institutions. Advocates of social justice believe the moral justification of our institutions depends…
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April 30, 2012
Rawls on Economists and Philosophers
My colleague David Levy recently alerted me to a discussion in Rawls’s Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy (2007, p. 162) on the intellectual relationship between economists and philosophers. As…
April 30, 2012
Zeroing In on “Social Justice”
In an earlier post, I gave the following generic definition of social justice: Social justice is a moral standard by which some people judge political and economic institutions. Advocates of…
April 30, 2012
The Conversation at Cato Unbound
My final contribution to the conversation at Cato Unbound is now up. Here, from the Cato Unbound site, is the complete index of the discussion. Peruse at your leisure! Lead…
April 30, 2012
BHL’s & UBI’s
I support a Universal Basic Income (UBI), and I think that other libertarians ought to as well. Earlier, Jason sketched the difference between ‘hard libertarians’ and BHL, but didn’t give…
April 27, 2012
No Alternative to Public Revenue from Land Rent
Finer points aside, nobody has offered a specific and coherent and realistic more efficient and equitable alternative for public revenue than land rent or land value.