July 06, 2012
Why Are Employers So Mean?
Chris Bertram, Corey Robin and Alex Gourevitch have given us a lot to think about in their recent essay at Crooked Timber. There’s a lot I want to say about it. Rather than…
Month: July 2012
July 06, 2012
Josh Chafetz Defends Academic Con Law
Before the ACA decision, I wrote this cynical take on academic con law. Josh Chafetz at Cornell Law School sent me the following reply in an email, which he gave…
July 05, 2012
Denmark vs. France: On Worker Liberation
From the Wall Street Journal and Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom: DENMARK: Property Rights 90.0 Business Freedom 99.1 Labor Freedom …
July 05, 2012
Libertarianism, the Workplace and the Reconciling Power of the Social-Moral Order
I am delighted that Chris Bertram, Corey Robin and Alex Gourevitch (BRG) decided to engage BHL on workplace coercion. For my part, I will be disappointed if this discussion merely…
July 04, 2012
Freedom and Work
Crooked Timber just posted an article that discusses the posts I’ve written about the workplace. I enjoyed reading it (also- these follow ups) and I’ve been thinking about where we…
July 03, 2012
Pete Boettke’s Living Economics
This is the book Pete Boettke was meant to write. If you’re a regular of BHL, you’ll be familiar with the guest-blogging that Pete has done here. Or maybe you…