December 05, 2013
If the Facts Were Different
Ross Levatter wrote a long reply to an earlier post of mine. David Henderson mistakenly approves. Thought experiments, how do they work? Despite Levatter’s lengthy reply, the issue here is really…
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November 26, 2013
The Pace of Technological Adoption is Speeding Up
In a previous post on designer babies, I argue that allowing the rich to purchase luxury goods has the benefit of making those goods available to most people in the…
November 20, 2013
Sufficientarian Liberalism
A common thread on this blog is the thought that free markets are preferable to various forms of state intervention if our aims are, not only to achieve prosperity, but…
November 12, 2013
Edmund Phelps, Mass Flourishing, and Bleeding Heart Libertarianism
Thanks so much to the BHL crew for allowing me to stop by for a visit. I wanted to share some thoughts about Mass Flourishing, the new book out by…
November 01, 2013
LET THEM WORK: Bryan Caplan’s Opening Post in a Debate on Immigration
Read it here. Excerpt: You could object that we’re not obliged to help total strangers, but allowing people to accept a job is not charity. It’s minimal decency. If Kathleen gets a…
October 31, 2013
Hayek on Hayek on Rawls
Obviously people on this blog like both Hayek and social justice. One thing we sometimes observe is that Hayek made kind remarks about Rawls’s conception of justice in Volume II…