September 12, 2016
Some Links
I have an op-ed called “The Electoral College Is Anti-Democratic–And That’s a Good Thing” at Marketwatch today. “Are Adjuncts Exploited? Some Grounds for Skepticism” now at Journal of Business Ethics online first….
Author: Jason Brennan
September 07, 2016
Against Democracy at the National Interest
Today at the the National Interest, I have a 300o-word adapted version of Against Democracy. Beginning: Just over twenty years ago Francis Fukuyama declared liberal democracy the end of history. But history marched on,…
September 04, 2016
The New Segregationists
Vice ran a story about Jeremy McLellan, “a Southern Christian comic making a living playing Muslim festivals.” Note that McLellan hasn’t changed his material to suit Muslim audiences. He…
August 31, 2016
Nozick’s Method
A great deal of Anarchy, State, and Utopia is meant to respond to left-liberals. Left-liberals think that each person has an extensive set of negative civil liberties, i.e., rights against interference…
August 30, 2016
These Two Bumptious, Malicious White Dudes Say Adjuncts Aren’t Exploited
Just look at these smug privileged white dudes: While trillions of adjuncts have no access to peer-reviewed journals, these pilgarlics continue to assert their publishing privilege. Just recently, the soi-dissant Journal…
August 24, 2016
How Can a Libertarian Say That? (On Incompetent Voters and Competent Market Agents)
Roughly 35% of my published work responds to problems of voter ignorance and irrationality. I sometimes get pushback from both libertarians and non-libertarians that goes roughly as follows: “Wait, so…