Back in 1982, Peter Bauer wrote a book in which he, among other things, defended capitalist institutions on desert theory grounds. This was problematic because desert theory is an utter disaster as a justification for capitalism because capitalism doesn’t even remotely adhere to it. Amartya Sen, an economist who also has serious economic philosophy expertise,… Continue reading Amartya Sen and reparations
What would constitute an end to the race war?
An exchange unfolded between Noah Smith and Jamelle Bouie on twitter about an MTV poll that found Millenials took color blind approaches to race. Here are two of the tweets. You an click through to see the others: The Millennials are right about race. All wars must end. The ending is never fair, but it… Continue reading What would constitute an end to the race war?
Another false education statistic
Earlier, Sarah Kendzior claimed 76 percent of American faculty were adjuncts and that fact got parroted in a Jacobin article. It was not true and none of the underlying material linked by Kendzior ever said that. The actual figure was 41 percent. Kendzior has a more recent piece that features another statistic that is false… Continue reading Another false education statistic
Talking About Pay
Felix Salmon has a piece at Vox about the Jill Abramson thing at the New York Times. Apparently there are rumors that she wasn’t paid as well as her male predecessor and that her complaints about this lead to her ouster. At one point in the piece, he says something that gives me a chance… Continue reading Talking About Pay
Anti-liberty economic regulations: a dialogue
In the same vein as my last dialogue on the subject of initial appropriation, I have conjured up a dialogue on the subject of libertarian regulation. This dialogue is set at the beginning of human time. A group of people gather to talk about things. Two of those people — Real Libertarian and Fake Libertarian… Continue reading Anti-liberty economic regulations: a dialogue