October 17, 2013
This Post is an Abomination Unto Nuggan
I recently spent a long weekend in Seattle talking about Milton (the poet, not the economist) with friends and colleagues. (This is how I have fun. Don’t judge me.) The…
Month: October 2013
October 17, 2013
Defending Democracy by Denigrating the Social Sciences? Careful with That.
There’s a symposium at Cato Unbound on Ilya Somin‘s new book on voter ignorance. I’m especially interested in this critique: http://www.cato-unbound.org/2013/10/16/sean-trende/dont-voters-get-things-right In response to the claim that voters are extremely ignorant, especially…
October 17, 2013
Designer Babies
An excerpt from the Markets without Limits manuscript, a recently written, very drafty first draft of the section on designer babies. (The tables don’t render that well in HTML. Sorry about that.)…
October 16, 2013
Taxation Is Not Slavery
Today in the mail I received a copy of the movie, Amazing Grace, courtesy of the Foundation for Economic Education. The film tells the story of William Wilberforce and his struggle…
October 16, 2013
Political Philosophy vs. Political Theory Explained in a Flowchart
For those confused about the difference, a while back I created this handy flowchart.
October 16, 2013
Christian Belief is Reasonable, So Respect It
I’m a big believer in reasonable pluralism, the notion that there are deep, pervasive disagreements about morality, politics and religion that are the unavoidable result of practical reasoning in a…