December 15, 2015
The Dreary Utopia of the Socialists
David Gordon reviews Why Not Capitalism here, in a cogent review in which he also advances novel criticisms of Cohen’s work. An excerpt: Finally, it is worth pointing out that Cohen…
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November 17, 2015
Cato Unbound on Markets without Limits
Ilya Somin enters the fray here with some worries about legalizing voting markets, as well as some further criticism of the anti-commodification theorists. An excerpt: For example, many people oppose legalizing…
November 12, 2015
Ben Barber’s Consumed: Where’s the Evidence?
Unfortunately, due to a series of unfortunate events, it’s going to be just Peter and I versus Barber at Cato Unbound this month. I don’t know if Barber intends to respond…
November 11, 2015
Review of Heath’s Morality, Competition, and the Firm
You should read Joseph Heath’s Morality, Competition, and the Firm. My review of the book, forthcoming in KEIJ, is available online here. Excerpts: Until Joseph Heath came along, philosophical business ethics…
November 11, 2015
First Reply to Barber at Cato Unbound
“Even if Libertarianism is Stupid, We’re Still Right.” Excerpt: After reading Benjamin Barber’s careful, fair, charitable, and rigorous essay, I realized Barber is right. Market fundamentalism and libertarianism are cuckoo. We…
November 06, 2015
Benjamin Barber Responds at Cato Unbound
Ben Barber has written a “response” to our essay at Cato Unbound. I put “response” in scare quotes because, unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to address what we’ve said or argued….