March 28, 2016
The Moral Presumption in Favor of Free Trade
In chapter 9 of Global Justice as Global Freedom, Bas van der Vossen and I defend free trade from various attacks from various philosophers. Here’s an excerpt from the beginning of…
Author: Jason Brennan
March 26, 2016
Why the Adjuncts’ Rights Movement is Anti-Social Justice
Our paper on adjuncts is making a big splash. So far, no one has really disputed the argument. Instead, they focus on our character, about what it says about us that…
March 25, 2016
Did Administrative Bloat Cause Adjunctification?
Phil weighs in, using data and evidence*, here. Some of his main points: US Department of Education data indicates that the full-time faculty to student ratio has remained almost constant…
March 18, 2016
Do Universities Have a Fiduciary Duty to Fire Madjuncts?
My paper with Phil Magness on the costs of adjunct justice has caused quite a stir…with people who haven’t read it but who are inclined ex ante to deny the…
March 17, 2016
Inside Higher Ed on Our Adjunct Paper
Inside Higher Ed has a nice write up of my paper with Phil Magness on the cost of providing justice for adjuncts. They also solicited some responses from activists, which, alas,…
March 16, 2016
Happy Open Borders Day: How to Argue for Immigration Restrictions
In honor of Open Borders Day, here is an excerpt from the current draft of Global Justice as Global Freedom, which Bas and I are writing for Oxford University Press. This excerpt comes…