November 13, 2011
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…
Month: November 2011
November 10, 2011
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…
November 08, 2011
Sweatshops, Exploitation, and Neglect
Ari Kohen responds to my recent post on sweatshops with a few lingering concerns. Among other things, he raises important questions about whether the evils of sweatshop labor can be…
November 03, 2011
Helping the Poor: Sacrifice, Intentions, and Outcomes
My friend David Sobel argues that even if sweatshops are benefiting the global poor, this doesn’t mean that they are fulfilling whatever obligations they might have to aid the less fortunate:…
November 03, 2011
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…
November 01, 2011
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…