January 11, 2014
CFP: Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy
Via David Sobel and Peter Vallentyne, here’s a Call for Papers for the Second Annual Workshop for Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy: Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that…
January 08, 2014
New Op-Ed on the War on Poverty
I have an op-ed today at WSJ’s “Marketwatch” site that jumps in on the discussion of the War on Poverty. I make two arguments: 1. The War on Poverty has…
January 08, 2014
Basic Income Roundup
Since my last post here on libertarianism and Basic Income Guarantees (BIGs), I’ve written a few more pieces on the topic over at Libertarianism.org. Now that the holidays are over,…
January 07, 2014
Future Prospects for a Basic Income Guarantee in the United States
In my previous post, I discussed the politics of BIG/NIT proposals in the United States, the reasons for pessimism about the future, and the reasons why I’m more optimistic. In…
January 06, 2014
Libertarian Art, now with More Tentacles!
There should be a special word for the feeling a reading fanatic gets when she discovers a great new book…and then discovers that the same author has written a whole…
January 06, 2014
The Political Failure of Basic Income Guarantee in the United States
In my previous post, I compared the diverging trajectories of the US and Canada. Policymakers in both countries set out to introduce negative income tax (NIT) programs beginning in the…