November 30, 2015
On the Future Palestinian State
Almost everyone has by now accepted the two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. The new Palestinian state would be created in the territory west of the Jordan River (the parties…
Author: Fernando Teson
October 05, 2015
Justice at a Distance is Out
The book I wrote with Loren Lomasky, Justice at a Distance: Expanding Freedom Globally (Cambridge University Press), has been published after several years of germination. I blogged about the book some time…
September 19, 2015
What’s with Income Inequality?
Many have been surprised by the rapid surge of the issue of income inequality. Thomas Piketty’s book spawned academic and popular interest in the topic. The idea that the main…
September 09, 2015
On the Refugee Crisis
I applaud the willingness of Germany to receive Syrian refugees, and I agree with those who say that the United States and others should do more. News reports, however, make…
August 29, 2015
A Solution for the Middle East
No region in the world is more afflicted by conflict than the Middle East. Without even touching on the nightmare that is ISIS, consider two issues. The West and Iran…
June 23, 2015
Ilya Somin on Eminent Domain
The recent book by Ilya Somin, The Grasping Hand: “Kelo v. City of New London” and the Limits of Eminent Domain (University of Chicago Press, 2015) is a key contribution to the…