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…
Lately I’ve been thinking about my reasons for endorsing a UBI, especially given that I also share Michael Huemer’s skepticism about political authority. Consider this case: (1) Anne runs a…
In Victor Hugo’s great novel Les Miserables, Jean Valjean is sentenced to five years on the prison galleys for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his family. It is an outrageous…
The American obsession with civil associations fascinated Alexis de Tocqueville. In his great work Democracy in America, he marveled that “Americans of all ages, all conditions, all minds constantly unite”…
Last week, I gave a talk at Boise State University on “Liberty and the Poor.” My thanks to Allen Dalton and the terrific Students for Liberty chapter there for bringing…
These should be of interest to our readers: Gregory Clark (UC-Davis Econ) in the NY Times about long term social mobility. One quote: “The fortunes of high-status families inexorably fall,…