September 16, 2014
Basic Income Week
As part of Basic Income Week, the Basic Income Earth Network is running a series of AMA’s (Ask Me Anything) at Reddit. Readers of this blog might be particularly interested in…
Month: September 2014
September 15, 2014
When Civility Matters
Paul Krugman thinks that civility in discussion is not that important. Roughly stated, the idea is this. Sure, we should be polite and civil to our interlocutors, he writes, but…
September 15, 2014
The Limits of Secession
Outside libertarian circles, many believe that communities may democratically choose virtually any political and economic system they wish. The imminent Scotland vote (see James Taylor’s recent post) suggests some general…
September 13, 2014
Scottish Independence
On Thursday the people of Scotland will vote on whether or not to leave the United Kingdom. The usual classical liberal view of secession is that it’s a good thing….
September 11, 2014
Political Authority and the Basic Income
Lately I’ve been thinking about my reasons for endorsing a UBI, especially given that I also share Michael Huemer’s skepticism about political authority. Consider this case: (1) Anne runs a…
September 11, 2014
QED
Given: a) That politics is a violent business in a fallen world; b) That it is conducted by a mixture of good and bad actors with good and bad motives…