June 27, 2014
Why Living on the Dole Is Bad for You
In a post last week, Jessica Flanigan takes me to task for my opposition to a universal basic income. Because I worry that a UBI would further encourage mass idleness,…
Posts filed under welfare state
March 21, 2014
Shearmur on Popper and Hayek
Worth reading throughout; I have some concerns about, say, the public intellectuals/ disciplinary normal science discussion, but I always learn from Shearmur. Of BHL relevance: 3:AM: How does Hayek differ…
January 08, 2014
Basic Income Roundup
Since my last post here on libertarianism and Basic Income Guarantees (BIGs), I’ve written a few more pieces on the topic over at Libertarianism.org. Now that the holidays are over,…
December 05, 2013
Libertarianism and the Basic Income
Today, I did a short interview with Cato on the libertarian case for a Basic Income Guarantee, and published a much more substantive essay on that same topic at Cato’s…
September 01, 2012
After the Welfare State
The welfare state is a relatively recent historical phenomenon. How did individuals and societies meet the needs of the poor before its emergence? And how might they deal with those…
May 16, 2012
Hayek on Serfdom and Welfare States
Every once in a while folks in the political corner of the blogosphere start talking about Hayek’s argument in The Road to Serfdom. As Matt Yglesias said Monday, lots of…