April 29, 2016
A Moral Case for a Basic Income
Over at Café Hayek, Don Boudreaux has a nice post on a universal basic income. He says that he does “not believe that as a practical matter a UBI would…
Posts filed under poverty
April 06, 2016
Bernie Sanders: For Leftists Bad at Leftism
Buckle up, folks, for a frightening fairy tale. Once upon a time, Andy bought cheese from Bob. But then Andy decided he wanted instead to buy cheese from Charlie,…
January 02, 2016
Welfare and Liberty Symposium
The Molinari Society will be holding its annual Symposium in conjunction with the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association at the Marriott Washington Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road…
December 05, 2015
Effective Altruism
Critics of effective altruism tend to focus their critiques against the seemingly utilitarian foundations of the movement. They ask, what about special obligations? Demandingness? Is this overly cosmopolitan? What about institutional/collective…
November 03, 2015
Cinnabon, Caskets, Catfood, and the Tyranny of Experts
I had occasion recently to read some of Akerlof and Shiller’s new book Phishing for Phools. I found it, to be perfectly blunt, infuriating. The book is paternalistic. It assumes that free…
September 05, 2015
Samaritanism and Duties
Singer’s famous example is taken to establish that some acts of Samaritanism are morally required. He writes, “if it is in our power to prevent something very bad from happening,…