August 15, 2014
5 Points about the Morality of Payday Lending
Jason’s last post kicked off a bit of debate about payday lending. Is payday lending something libertarians should defend? Is it exploitative? Should it be illegal or, at the very least,…
Posts filed under exploitation
October 23, 2013
Circumstances and the Ethics of Markets
I am so happy to see that Japa Pallikkathayil is blogging over at Political Philosop-her. I’ve always liked Japa’s work and I think her Philosopher’s Imprint essay about coercion is…
August 28, 2013
Why focus on Walmart and McDonald’s?
I really liked Megan McArdle’s column and Jason’s post about it this morning. They both nicely illustrate how a lot of the resistance to Walmart and McDonald’s in particular is…
April 05, 2013
What is a Fair Price for a Kidney?
Libertarians often claim that a just price is whatever people are willing to pay in the absence of force or fraud. So, if sweatshop workers are willing to sell their…
November 01, 2012
A Question for the Defenders of Anti-Gouging Laws
If you believe that it is a good thing to pass laws that prevent sellers of water or ice or generators from raising their prices after a natural disaster, are…
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…