September 04, 2015
Helping the Global Poor with Charity that Works
Suppose you’re convinced by Peter Singer’s thought experiment, and believe that those of us in rich countries have a moral duty to help the global poor. How should we go…
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August 26, 2015
History’s Most Successful Anti-Poverty Program
The second view in my new series with Learn Liberty is out (see here for the first). In it, I begin to talk about different ways of addressing the problem…
August 17, 2015
Would You Save the Drowning Child?
I’ve got a series of new videos coming out from Learn Liberty on the problem of poverty. The first one was released last week, and introduces the issue with a…
August 05, 2015
Rich Plutocrat Bernie Sanders Hates the Poor but Loves Power
Bernie Sanders, a rich 1-percenter plutocrat from Vermont, craves political power. His main goal in life is to hold as much power as he can over other people, and to…
August 01, 2015
The Sharing Economy and the Ownership of the Means of Production
In a post at Cafe Hayek this morning, Don Boudreaux cites his Mercatus colleague Ashley Schiller’s observation that Uber and the “sharing economy” more generally allow individuals to turn their consumption…
July 21, 2015
New Policy Study on State and Local Government Barriers to Upward Mobility
I have a new policy study just out today from the Mercatus Center titled “Breaking Down the Barriers: Three Ways State and Local Governments Can Improve the Lives of the…