October 03, 2014
“That’s Not Real Socialism.”
I presented Why Not Capitalism? at the College of New Jersey this past week. In the book, during a parody of G. A. Cohen’s Why Not Socialism?, I describe what might happen…
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September 15, 2014
When Civility Matters
Paul Krugman thinks that civility in discussion is not that important. Roughly stated, the idea is this. Sure, we should be polite and civil to our interlocutors, he writes, but…
September 11, 2014
More on Libertarianism and Race
Over at the Wall Street Journal’s Marketwatch, I have some thoughts on how libertarianism might be able to get around the left-right logjam in talking about race, especially in light…
September 05, 2014
What’s The Difference Between a Lottery and An Election?
My old answer was, “An honest person might win a lottery.” But my new answer is “Not much!” “Los Angeles city leaders are considering a lottery system to reward citizens…
August 25, 2014
A methodological point and its substantive implications
Methodological: Starting from the status quo at any given time, tax cuts, spending cuts, deregulation, free trade agreements, and privatization (group 1) are policy changes. That means that they must…
August 17, 2014
The Revolution Will Not Be Marginal
Prof. Zwolinski makes an interesting argument in favor of “marginal libertarianism” here. I am sympathetic, but I think there is a better way to make the distinction, one that is…