My last few posts have all been dedicated to an argument that redistribution is a misnomer: there is no such thing as redistribution, just different distributions. In making that argument, I have insisted that we adopt a blank slate vantage point when talking about distribution. I think doing so makes discussions clearer because it does… Continue reading One last, short note on redistribution — I promise
Author: Matt Bruenig
A response to Adam Ozimek of Modeled Behavior
Adam Ozimek of Forbes’ Modeled Behavior wrote a response to a recent post of mine. In my post — which had a follow up post — I argue that the concept of redistribution is a misguided one. There is no such thing as redistribution, just different distributions: So there is no baseline default distribution against… Continue reading A response to Adam Ozimek of Modeled Behavior
A little inspiration from John Maynard Keynes
With the official unemployment rate still at 8% and current rates of job additions indicating that we will remain well below full employment for some time, it is easy to get despondent. You look at the above graph and you see just 6 years ago we had less than 5% unemployment. What happened? It wasn’t… Continue reading A little inspiration from John Maynard Keynes
I published a paper in “Philosophy and the Black Experience”
I just realized that a paper I wrote and published a year ago is now publicly available online (pdf). The paper is called “Atomistic Individualism and the Hermeneutics of Racist Philosophy” and is published in Volume 11, Number 1 of “Philosophy and the Black Experience.”
The correct vantage point of distributional debates
I have received some pushback on my last post, and so I thought I might clarify my main point. The bulk of the pushback has been, not surprisingly, from libertarian-leaning folks who believe it is quite clear that when you take private property from one person and then give it to another, that constitutes redistribution.… Continue reading The correct vantage point of distributional debates