Chris MacDonald on the anti-homeless sidewalk spikes in London and Montreal: “This example nicely illustrates the difference between having a right to do something, and it being right to do it. On one hand, property owners have the right to exclude anyone they want to exclude. In general, no one is obligated to share their property with random strangers….But being within their rights doesn’t imply that the owners are doing what’s right.”

Jason Kuzinski with a comment on Jason’s new Why Not Capitalism? that draws important lessons from Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments.