June 26, 2019
Euvoluntary Exchange
Exchange is always a balance between non-worseness and euvoluntarity. A subject that Matt Zwolinski has also discussed, as I point out…. Also, Post v. Jones is an excellent case to…
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June 11, 2019
The Future of Public Goods?
In which I make some predictions. Which is always dangerous, especially if you are making predictions about the future…..
June 07, 2019
Does Small-r Republicanism Rest on a Mistake?
The Niskanen Center has spun its weekly wheel of ideology, and this week landed on small-r, Pettit-style republicanism. There’s a great deal wrong with this theory. Here I’ll focus on…
May 27, 2019
English vs Economics: Two Graphs
Full-time US faculty at four-year colleges, in two disciplines, vs. majors in those disciplines over time.
May 17, 2019
On Reading Entrails and Student Evaluations
In Cracks in the Ivory Tower, we note that empirical work overwhelmingly shows that students evaluations are reliable but invalid measures of teaching effectiveness. Some early results were positive, but…
May 15, 2019
Paul Gunn’s Forthcoming Hatchet Job in Critical Review
Paul Gunn has a “critique” of Against Democracy forthcoming in Critical Review (the Jeff Friedman journal, not the of International… one.) The positions and arguments Gunn attributes to me are unrecognizable,…