Month: December 2012
December 18, 2012
Bleg: Suggestions for Book Titles
I’m currently writing Compulsory Voting: For and Against with Lisa Hill. After that, though, I’m doing another single-authored book. My working title when I sent the proposal to the publisher…
December 17, 2012
How to Learn From a Tragedy
For a great many people, it is simply not enough to mourn the losses in the Newtown massacre. They want to think about preventative measures, to figure out how to…
December 17, 2012
An excerpt from my review of Free Market Fairness
The review is part of a symposium I’ve edited for The Journal of Politics; it includes reviews by Sheri Berman, Eric MacGilvray, Robert S. Taylor, and myself, and a reply…
December 17, 2012
Why Social Justice?
In a market economy, no one literally distributes the wealth. But that doesn’t mean the concept of social justice is nonsense. Matt explains why:
December 16, 2012
1950s Nostalgia for Me but Not for Thee
One of the more curious developments in the last couple of years has been the nostalgia for the 1950s economy from many progressives, especially Paul Krugman. They want to argue…