Last year, I presented Why Not Capitalism at two APAs and a few universities. To my surprise and delight, the most common reaction (from my usually left-wing colleagues) was, “Oh, wow,…
I have an op-ed in Fortune today on Why Not Capitalism? It starts: Move over, Adam Smith. The new moral champion of capitalism is Mickey Mouse. It ends: The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse shows us, to our…
Yesterday, I said this. Whatever one thinks the proper role of government is, it surely is not this. At a bare minimum, we must demand that the government not force…
As a proponent of a UBI, I often encounter some version of the surfer objection: what if some people who could work instead spend their entire income allowance on surfing or drinking or…
Cohen says, and I agree, that whether something is desirable or better from a moral point of view has nothing to do with whether it’s feasible. It’s not possible for…
Chapter 2 of Why Not Capitalism? features a complete, almost paragraph-by-paragraph, parody of Cohen’s Why Not Socialism?. I mimic his argument, writing style, and phrasing. I often just borrow paragraphs but switch…