March 18, 2014
A worry about basic income
Via Pete Boettke, I see that Don Boudreaux has posted a criticism of the enthusiasm among some libertarians (including some of the BHL co-bloggers) for a basic income: That policy…
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March 06, 2014
Is There a Libertarian Position on Pornography?
Co-Authored by Steve Horwitz A first year student at Duke who is funding her undergraduate education with a career in pornography has identified herself as a libertarian, giving rise to…
February 19, 2014
Is Graduate School for Me? (My short talk at ISFLC)
The Institute for Humane Studies asked me to give a short talk to a group of undergrads at ISFLC who expressed an interest in grad school. Here, roughly, is the…
February 15, 2014
A Bad Argument Against Immigration
Here’s a particularly bad argument against immigration: “Liberal immigration laws are unfair to legal immigrants who have played by the rules and waited patiently to get into this country in…
February 10, 2014
Practical vs. Moral Objections to Open Borders
Yesterday, the Swiss did something evil: they voted to restrict immigration. Tyler Cowen comments: In my view immigration has gone well for Switzerland, both economically and culturally, and I am…
January 31, 2014
Ought and Can; Can’t vs Won’t
Normally, “I am not willing to do X” doesn’t excuse me from having a duty to do X. But might it sometimes? Is there such a category as the “psychologically…