August 28, 2015
“You Didn’t Build That!” (1898 Edition)
Attempts to undermine the moral justification of private property by pointing to the highly social nature of wealth production are not new. Here’s the late 19th century English economist J.A….
August 28, 2015
We’re Obligated to Save Many Drowning Children: In Defense of Singer
Jason wrote a nice post the other day on Peter Singer’s famous drowning child thought experiment. In short, Jason argues that showing that we’d be obligated to save one drowning…
August 26, 2015
How Krugman Dehumanizes
I’m writing a book tentatively entitled Must Politics Be War? where I argue that publicly justified moral and political institutions allow people who deeply disagree about fundamental matters to live together well in…
August 26, 2015
History’s Most Successful Anti-Poverty Program
The second view in my new series with Learn Liberty is out (see here for the first). In it, I begin to talk about different ways of addressing the problem…
August 25, 2015
The Essential Tension
Of potential interest to BHL readers: I have a review of Jacob Levy’s book Rationalism, Pluralism, and Freedom in the newest (October 2015) issue of Reason. (It’s also available online,…
August 24, 2015
Mercatus Panel on Edward Stringham’s Private Governance
DC area people, take note: The Mercatus Center will host a panel on Sept 4, at 2 pm, on Edward Stringham’s new book Private Governance. RSVP here: https://mercatuscenter.wufoo.com/forms/edward-stringham-book-panel/ Bruce Benson and I will comment. I expect…