July 07, 2012
Cruelty and power
I’m mostly offline for a while so I won’t be taking part in the labor discussions for a while yet. I haven’t had time to properly think about Kevin Vallier’s…
Posts filed under crooked timber
July 06, 2012
My Bottom Line on Worker Freedom
Bertram and company’s criticisms of BHL have gotten some attention. Some of my fellow BHLs think their arguments are important. I’m not as impressed. I think their arguments miss the…
July 06, 2012
Why Are Employers So Mean?
Chris Bertram, Corey Robin and Alex Gourevitch have given us a lot to think about in their recent essay at Crooked Timber. There’s a lot I want to say about it. Rather than…
July 05, 2012
Denmark vs. France: On Worker Liberation
From the Wall Street Journal and Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom: DENMARK: Property Rights 90.0 Business Freedom 99.1 Labor Freedom …
July 05, 2012
Libertarianism, the Workplace and the Reconciling Power of the Social-Moral Order
I am delighted that Chris Bertram, Corey Robin and Alex Gourevitch (BRG) decided to engage BHL on workplace coercion. For my part, I will be disappointed if this discussion merely…
July 04, 2012
Freedom and Work
Crooked Timber just posted an article that discusses the posts I’ve written about the workplace. I enjoyed reading it (also- these follow ups) and I’ve been thinking about where we…