About three years ago, I became interested in just war theory, a long-running literature about what makes warfare just. As you’d expect, the field has diverse opinions ranging from pacifists who say war is never just to realists who think talking about justice in the context of warfare is wrong-headed to begin with. In between… Continue reading Just war theory and the UK soldier killing
Author: Matt Bruenig
Giving a kid a computer is not the same as cash transfers
Yglesias blogged about a study that found giving a poor kid a computer has no impact one way or another on their educational outcomes. Yglesias concludes from this null finding: I think this is an important finding because it helps shed some light on the socioeconomic disparities in educational outcomes. We know that kids from… Continue reading Giving a kid a computer is not the same as cash transfers
Policy Shop: Illegal Internship Season Is Upon Us
I have a new post at Policy Shop. Excerpt: By itself, this does not seem like a far fetched notion. Hands-on learning is valuable. I don’t think anyone would contest that. But if we are going to treat internships as an educational institution, then we have to ask ourselves whether they meet the standards we… Continue reading Policy Shop: Illegal Internship Season Is Upon Us
How Mondragon handles cooperative failures
This will be my last post about Making Mondragon, a book I have just read about the Mondragon cooperative complex (prior posts: I, II). I read the book hoping to clear up some confusions I had about how cooperative businesses could successfully handle certain problems. Here I address how Mondragon deals with cooperatives when they… Continue reading How Mondragon handles cooperative failures
Policy Shop: Ignore the Stock Market, the Economy Is Not Back
New post at policy shop. Excerpt: Of course the fixation on stocks is rather predictable. All sorts of people hold stock, but the wealthy especially. According to the 2010 Survey of Consumer Finances, while 17.9 percent of all families have stock holdings, 52.4 percent of those in the wealthiest 10 percent of families do so.… Continue reading Policy Shop: Ignore the Stock Market, the Economy Is Not Back