May 02, 2012
Victims of Communism Day
At the Volokh Conspiracy, Ilya Somin writes: May Day began as a holiday for socialists and labor union activists, not just communists. But over time, the date was taken over…
Author: Jason Brennan
May 01, 2012
Dang Nabbit
Dang Nabbit writes in the comments: Jason, First of all, “hard” libertarian is a semiotic device you guys invented to make your fusionist selves look better. Please name one of these…
May 01, 2012
Two Marxist Premises
Consider the following Marxist argument: Economic freedom and private property in the means of production immiserate almost everyone. If some economic regime X immiserates almost everyone, then, pro tanto, X…
May 01, 2012
Some responses
To Jacob: 1. You can think social justice matters without claiming that social justice (or even justice more broadly) is the first virtue of institutions. 2. I don’t take it…
April 30, 2012
Zeroing In on “Social Justice”
In an earlier post, I gave the following generic definition of social justice: Social justice is a moral standard by which some people judge political and economic institutions. Advocates of…
April 27, 2012
The Evil of Bleeding Heart Libertarianism
Some dude name Todd Seavey thinks bleeding heart libertarianism is evil. See here and here. I’ve read those two posts a few times, and my most charitable reconstruction of his argument…