July 17, 2014
Yglesias on the Gold Standard
In a column at Vox yesterday morning, Matt Yglesias gave us 7 reasons to think a gold standard is a terrible idea. They are not all completely wrong (a low…
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July 14, 2014
Will Wilkinson and Jason Brennan on Bloggingheads
Free Will is back! Will and I chat about Why Not Capitalism? here.
July 10, 2014
Why Not Close Even More Borders?
The main arguments for closed borders are: Immigrants will cause crime Immigrants will lower domestic wages Immigrants are less cultured or educated; or will sully our culture. Immigrants are poor…
July 08, 2014
There’s No Such Thing as a Closed-Borders Libertarian
Sometimes you’ll hear people who are generally free market friendly make statements like the following: “I support open borders in principle, but we can’t have both free immigration and a…
July 03, 2014
WHO’s not checking their references?
It’s important to make sure that your empirical claims are correct–especially if you’re using them to make arguments that directly affect people’s lives. Last year the World Health Organization published…
June 13, 2014
Piketty’s Philosophical Problems in 250 Words
Here’s a quick summary of the philosophical problems with Capital in the 21st Century, with links substantiating these claims. Increasing inequalities of income and wealth are problematic from a moral…