December 05, 2013
The Pope’s Statism
Today I read with some care the Pope’s pastoral letter. It is worse than I thought. Much has been said about the Pope’s ignorance of elementary economics (see here, here,…
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December 02, 2013
Is There a Duty to Obey the Law?
I did a Podcast with Cato, published today on this topic. The discussion is of course heavily indebted to John Simmons, David Hume, and Michael Huemer, as I’m using many of…
November 19, 2013
What is “Voluntary”? What is “Coercive”?
A video of a lecture I gave at MTSU. It’s long (almost an hour) but this is one of my favorite lectures to give. And the MTSU folks did a…
November 06, 2013
Isaac Morehouse: Maybe You Should Drop Out of College
Isaac Morehouse argues that college is a waste of time and bad investment for most people. What is college for? If it’s a four year social experience, it seems really…
October 27, 2013
Political Psychology, Bias, and Being a Team Player
In the afterword of The Ethics of Voting, I wrote up a brief account of political bias and some measures one could take to overcome it (somewhat). An excerpt: Dangerous…
October 16, 2013
Political Philosophy vs. Political Theory Explained in a Flowchart
For those confused about the difference, a while back I created this handy flowchart.