September 04, 2015
Helping the Global Poor with Charity that Works
Suppose you’re convinced by Peter Singer’s thought experiment, and believe that those of us in rich countries have a moral duty to help the global poor. How should we go…
Posts filed under poverty
August 17, 2015
Would You Save the Drowning Child?
I’ve got a series of new videos coming out from Learn Liberty on the problem of poverty. The first one was released last week, and introduces the issue with a…
July 21, 2015
New Policy Study on State and Local Government Barriers to Upward Mobility
I have a new policy study just out today from the Mercatus Center titled “Breaking Down the Barriers: Three Ways State and Local Governments Can Improve the Lives of the…
July 07, 2015
Is There a Conflict Between Altruism and Economic Growth?
Readers of this blog might be interested in a symposium that Boston Review is running on Peter Singer’s idea of “Effective Altruism.” For those who aren’t familiar with that term, the basic…
June 05, 2015
Yes, Global Wealth Inequality is Unjust
Jonathan Anomaly asks, “Is global wealth inequality unjust?” Anomaly and Dan Moller suggest that global wealth inequality may be less unjust than a lot of people think because rich countries…
June 04, 2015
Is Global Wealth Inequality Unjust?
[Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post by Jonathan Anomaly, assistant professor of political science at Duke University.] When we look around the world and observe the massive wealth…