March 18, 2016
All Security is Private
Tip O’Neill, and many others, famously said “All politics is local.” Well, by the same token, all security is private. Or so I claim here. A warning: this account is…
Author: Mike Munger
February 07, 2016
Morality and Market Process
I’m not sure others will find this argument persuasive. But one argument for the morality of markets goes like this: A. It is wrong to use something someone else values more….
January 25, 2016
Wingwalking, and Electoral Strategy for Libertarians
There is no one harder to argue with than someone who (mostly) agrees with us. Or so I claim, here. If “our” side insists on fighting with itself, it’s no…
January 03, 2016
A New Year’s Hangover From 100 Proof Policy Debates
A New Year’s Resolution… It’s for mathematicians, but it could just as well be for philosophers…(Yes, I’m thinking of you, Jonny Anomaly)… The main link… On other hand, on standards…
December 28, 2015
Comparative Advantage
We teach “comparative advantage” as if it were a deterministic rule of the universe. But it isn’t. Human creativity rules the universe, for better and for worse. So, it’s time…
December 11, 2015
Donald Trump, John Locke, and Religious Toleration
Donald Trump has recently said, in a variety of forums and using a a variety of verbal saltados, that people who believe in Allah, the Muslim version of God, should…