One of the more common complaints about Piketty’s model of capital inequality in Capital in the 21st Century is that it does not properly account for diminishing returns to the accumulation of…
A reminder for anyone planning to attend the American Philosophical Association in Philadelphia next week: here once again is the info on this year’s Molinari Society panel: Eastern APA, Marriott…
BHL readers might enjoy two things of mine that came out today. The first is my monthly column “The Calling” at the Future of Freedom Foundation that addresses the ways…
Given the importance of this issue, I’ve reproduced here a guest post on my blog (and also on C4SS) from Irfan Khawaja: Fernando Tesón’s “Hang Tough, Israel”: A Response…
Here’s a quick summary of the philosophical problems with Capital in the 21st Century, with links substantiating these claims. Increasing inequalities of income and wealth are problematic from a moral…
In this post, I will review Piketty’s democratic control argument, which holds that increasing wealth and income inequality make democratic control over society difficult, if not impossible, and that a…