December 05, 2013
Libertarianism and the Basic Income
Today, I did a short interview with Cato on the libertarian case for a Basic Income Guarantee, and published a much more substantive essay on that same topic at Cato’s…
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,…
December 05, 2013
Stoney hearted libertarianism or bleeding heart libertarianism?
I recently had a discussion with another libertarian philosopher who thought “bleeding heart libertarianism” made no more sense then “stoney hearted libertarianism.” Needless to say, I’m not convinced. The issue…
December 05, 2013
If the Facts Were Different
Ross Levatter wrote a long reply to an earlier post of mine. David Henderson mistakenly approves. Thought experiments, how do they work? Despite Levatter’s lengthy reply, the issue here is really…
December 04, 2013
My Response to the Pope
I work at a Jesuit institution. The Jesuits I’ve met have been, for the most part, awesome people. But, for whatever reasons, Jesuits tend to study Marxian pseudo-economics when they…
December 02, 2013
Hobby Lobby and a Public Reason Approach to Religious Exemptions
Given the minor firestorm set off by my Hobby Lobby post, I take it our readers are interested in the issues. If you’re interested in the legal issues background for…