WGBH’s Innovation Hub has a nice, in-depth discussion of the Basic Income Guarantee available here. They spoke with me about the libertarian rationale for a BIG and its political prospects. And…
A funny post from Eric Schwitzgebel. Excerpt: I’m highly allergic to shellfish. I’m allergic enough that cross-contamination is an issue: If I’m served something that has been fried on the…
Many people believe for-profit kidney sales are wrong because they think people who save lives ought not be motivated by self-interest.* There are lots of problems with this thought. Does it…
Colleges are strange places. Ethnic and skin-color diversity are celebrated, but academic departments, administrators, and others actively and explicitly discriminate against people with diverse or different ideas. (E.g., I was…
Suppose you see a cop using excessive force. Can you use violence to stop the cop? Suppose it’s wrong to criminalize pot. Can you violently resist a drug arrest?…
As you know, California is phasing in a $15 minimum wage. As Matt has explained, this is very likely a very bad idea. But: could a minimum wage law be…