September 06, 2016
Phones, Phones, Phones—But Not Really
Take a moment to imagine the following 2 scenarios. Scenario 1. Company A produced the ExcellaFone smartphone which was widely loved and had no problems. It was widely regarded as…
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September 04, 2016
The New Segregationists
Vice ran a story about Jeremy McLellan, “a Southern Christian comic making a living playing Muslim festivals.” Note that McLellan hasn’t changed his material to suit Muslim audiences. He…
July 08, 2016
CHANGE
Think nothing can be done? Vote for Gary Johnson. Let’s work on getting moralistic and paternalistic laws off the books so that there is less policing in the first place….
May 20, 2016
Innovation Hub on the Basic Income Guarantee
WGBH’s Innovation Hub has a nice, in-depth discussion of the Basic Income Guarantee available here. They spoke with me about the libertarian rationale for a BIG and its political prospects. And…
April 22, 2016
Some Questions for Living Wage Advocates
In a previous post, I expressed skepticism at the thought that employers necessarily owe employees a living wage. I asked, what if an employee is just not very productive, and…
April 14, 2016
Some thoughts on the minimum wage
As you know, California is phasing in a $15 minimum wage. As Matt has explained, this is very likely a very bad idea. But: could a minimum wage law be…