September 13, 2018
In Defense of Openness: Excerpt
I’m pleased to announced In Defense of Openness is now available. Here’s the blurb: The topic of global justice has long been a central concern within political philosophy and political theory,…
Posts filed under Free Trade
April 04, 2018
Antisocial Communitarianism: The Communitarian Defense of Tariffs
Communitarians prize community, belonging, and intra-group loyalty. But the things they are willing to do to their community members, in the name of promoting community, make them awful community members….
June 27, 2016
No, there’s not a market-liberal case for Brexit
I’ve been dismayed to see how many– not a majority, but a long way above “none”– of my libertarian friends on social media are either enthusiastic about British exit from…
April 07, 2016
How to Suck at Leftism Part 2: A Crappy Argument for Nationalist Leftism
Judging by the comments to my last post, by some of the defenses of Sanders I’ve seen, and by articles by people like Stephen Macedo, many people think something like…
April 06, 2016
Bernie Sanders: For Leftists Bad at Leftism
Buckle up, folks, for a frightening fairy tale. Once upon a time, Andy bought cheese from Bob. But then Andy decided he wanted instead to buy cheese from Charlie,…
March 28, 2016
The Moral Presumption in Favor of Free Trade
In chapter 9 of Global Justice as Global Freedom, Bas van der Vossen and I defend free trade from various attacks from various philosophers. Here’s an excerpt from the beginning of…