December 16, 2013
Will Private Charity Be Enough?
Matt Zwolinski recently discussed arguments for a Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) at BHL and Libertarianism.org. One of those arguments was that a BIG might be required on libertarian grounds because…
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December 09, 2013
Immigration, Eugenics, and the Minimum Wage
A few months ago, I was reading a fascinating paper by Thomas Leonard on “Eugenics and Economics in the Progressive Era.” The paper is full of interesting tidbits, but I…
December 06, 2013
Adam Tebble on Redistribution in Light of Past Injustice
Matt Zwolinski recently posted a piece probing the question of whether a unconditional basic income might be a good idea from a broadly libertarian or at least classical liberal perspective….
December 05, 2013
Libertarianism and the Basic Income
Today, I did a short interview with Cato on the libertarian case for a Basic Income Guarantee, and published a much more substantive essay on that same topic at Cato’s…
December 05, 2013
Stoney hearted libertarianism or bleeding heart libertarianism?
I recently had a discussion with another libertarian philosopher who thought “bleeding heart libertarianism” made no more sense then “stoney hearted libertarianism.” Needless to say, I’m not convinced. The issue…
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…