June 19, 2014
Is Living on the Dole Bad For You?
As a proponent of a UBI, I often encounter some version of the surfer objection: what if some people who could work instead spend their entire income allowance on surfing or drinking or…
Posts filed under work
June 11, 2014
Abolish the (NBA) Draft!
(Disclaimer: this post has nothing to with politics, but as you’ll see, it does connect to issues of fairness and freedom. I’m just hoping that some BHL readers are sports…
March 31, 2014
Libertarianism and Sex Work- Continuing the Conversation
Sarah and Steve recently highlighted a range of views that libertarians can hold regarding pornography. Their point was that libertarians all hold that pornography should not be illegal, but people…
October 23, 2013
Circumstances and the Ethics of Markets
I am so happy to see that Japa Pallikkathayil is blogging over at Political Philosop-her. I’ve always liked Japa’s work and I think her Philosopher’s Imprint essay about coercion is…
October 03, 2013
Hours Worked and Productivity
The Economist ran an article recently called “Get a Life”. It argues that there tends to be higher worker productivity in countries where people work fewer hours. Excerpt: And it seems that…
August 28, 2013
Why focus on Walmart and McDonald’s?
I really liked Megan McArdle’s column and Jason’s post about it this morning. They both nicely illustrate how a lot of the resistance to Walmart and McDonald’s in particular is…