September 15, 2015
Junior Faculty Manuscript Workshop: Call for Papers
GISME Junior Faculty Manuscript Workshop
Author: Jason Brennan
September 14, 2015
Markets in Adoption Rights
Markets without Limits includes a lengthy discussion of “baby buying”. I’ve already covered markets in designer babies here and here. Today, let’s talk about markets in adoption rights. Michael Sandel complains,…
September 13, 2015
DC Folks: Bryan Caplan’s Open Borders Meet-Up
From Bryan Caplan: Supporters and fellow travelers of the Open Borders movement are invited to a November 21 meetup at my house in Virginia. If you’re interested in attending this or any future meetups,…
September 12, 2015
How Are Markets like Guitar Amps?
In Markets without Limits, Peter Jaworski and I try to show people that most of the time, their opposition to commodifying certain goods and services isn’t actually about what is being…
September 09, 2015
If You May Do It for Free, You May Do It for Money
That’s the thesis of Markets without Limits. But what does it really mean? Some excerpts from the book: OUR THESIS No one thinks that literally everything and anything should be for…
September 08, 2015
Commodification and the Freedom to Enjoy a Common Social Meaning
One of the stranger arguments against commodification Peter and I encountered holds that it is wrong to commodify certain things, because doing so would diminish other people’s freedom to enjoy having…