April 28, 2014
Libertarianism and the Poor
Last week, I gave a talk at Boise State University on “Liberty and the Poor.” My thanks to Allen Dalton and the terrific Students for Liberty chapter there for bringing…
Month: April 2014
April 26, 2014
The Measure of an Economist or a Philosopher
Very quick post tonight. What makes someone a good economist or a philosopher? Is it better to be 1) a person who comes to the right conclusions but with bad…
April 22, 2014
Inequality or Poverty?
To follow up on Bas’s recent post, I’d like to briefly revisit the most powerful argument for thinking that poverty rather than material inequality per se is what matters morally:…
April 21, 2014
On the Piketty Welcome Party
Thomas Piketty’s new book Capital in the Twenty-First Century is all the rage right now. You know the gist: Piketty thinks capitalism has an inherent tendency to ever-increasing inequality. Indeed,…
April 21, 2014
Who Owns the Land?
A topical issue in the global justice literature is territory. Mainstream writers have taken the position that collective entities, including states, are the ultimate title holders of land and resources…
April 18, 2014
Crony Capitalism and Crony Communism
Most libertarians have probably had something like the following conversation: COM: “Hey, I’ve got this neat idea for how to make the world a better place. It’s called communism! What do…