May 10, 2015
Bad Ideas about Trade
In one of its good initiatives, the Obama administration is trying to finalize the Trans Pacific Partnership – a multilateral trade treaty with some of the most successful and fast-growing nations West…
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May 04, 2015
Maybe Don’t Read to Your Kids? Leveling-Down Egalitarianism
When high human and social capital parents read to their kids at night, they’re giving their kids yet another advantage in life over low human and social capital kids whose…
May 02, 2015
Social Darwinism and Social Justice: Herbert Spencer and the Poor
A few weeks ago, ThinkProgress published an exposé of the allegedly ugly roots of Rand Paul’s “libertarianism.” The title of the piece tells you all you need to know: “Rand Paul’s…
April 30, 2015
Adjuncts: Highly Paid Per Hour
For those sick of this topic, I expect this will be my last post. According to the BLS, the median hourly wage in the US is $17.09, and the mean…
April 28, 2015
Either/Or (Vel aut Aut?)
Thesis: If the Adjunct Warriors I’ve been criticizing could get over their bad faith, they’d recognize that on my account, their choosing to stay and fight has a *higher* moral status…
April 16, 2015
Examples needed! Pro-market arguments that are based on the mutual benefits of trade.
I’m currently compiling a list of examples of pro-market arguments in the academic literature that are based on the benefits of trade to the trading parties. I’m especially interested in…