I’m not in favor of a voting lottery. However, I think the best arguments for compulsory voting never succeed in justifying compulsory voting. Instead, at best, they justify replacing our…
See the introduction to and explanation for this series of posts. Gillian K. Hadfield and Barry R. Weingast, Microfoundations of the Rule of Law I should note at the beginning…
My debate with Lisa Hill, Compulsory Voting: For and Against, is now available in limited quantities on Amazon. Blurb: In Compulsory Voting: For and Against, two leading political theorists debate whether…
Here’s a quick summary of the philosophical problems with Capital in the 21st Century, with links substantiating these claims. Increasing inequalities of income and wealth are problematic from a moral…
In this post, I will review Piketty’s democratic control argument, which holds that increasing wealth and income inequality make democratic control over society difficult, if not impossible, and that a…
Why Not Capitalism? should appear in paperback today. And, with it, the moral case for socialism dies. Capitalists and socialists used to duke it out on which system would work best in…