November 01, 2016
Commodification on Twin Earth
I debated Jennifer Roback Morse this past week on the topic of markets in kidneys, sex, and kids, at the University of Texas (Austin). It was co-hosted by the Austin…
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February 17, 2016
Dr. Seuss vs Daniel Layman
At Business Ethics Journal Review, Peter Jaworski and I respond to Daniel Layman’s attempt to critique our paper “Markets without Symbolic Limits”. Layman argues that to sell certain things “embodies” a morally…
February 01, 2016
Some Commentary on the Semiotics of Markets
At Business Ethics Review Journal, Dan Layman has a critique of “Markets without Symbolic Limits”. Abstract: Jason Brennan and Peter Jaworski reject expressive objections to markets on the grounds that (1)…
November 17, 2015
Cato Unbound on Markets without Limits
Ilya Somin enters the fray here with some worries about legalizing voting markets, as well as some further criticism of the anti-commodification theorists. An excerpt: For example, many people oppose legalizing…
November 12, 2015
Ben Barber’s Consumed: Where’s the Evidence?
Unfortunately, due to a series of unfortunate events, it’s going to be just Peter and I versus Barber at Cato Unbound this month. I don’t know if Barber intends to respond…
November 11, 2015
First Reply to Barber at Cato Unbound
“Even if Libertarianism is Stupid, We’re Still Right.” Excerpt: After reading Benjamin Barber’s careful, fair, charitable, and rigorous essay, I realized Barber is right. Market fundamentalism and libertarianism are cuckoo. We…