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Individualism must be defended and this is a brilliant history of individualist thought. While there are disputes about what it means in specific cases, at its core individualism defends voluntary community and an ethical focus on the agency of the person. press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…

The finding that Tyler Cowen describes as "not extremely positive" for #BasicIncome is that people who received $1,000 per month worked 1.3-1.4 hours less per week. So, the downside of ending poverty is that people might take an extra long lunch break. marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…

BREAKING: Venezuelans just tore down a giant banner of Socialist Dictator Nicolás Maduro. It looks like they no longer fear the authoritarian demons This is amazing to see 🔥🔥🔥 FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! Venezuela 🇻🇪 x.com/sebibichotron/…

NEW: Populism’s a growing force on both the left and the right. No matter the flavor, you can spot it by looking for a desire for stability and control.

This article convinced me that we should lower the BAC level for a DUI from .08 to .05. America is one of the few countries with such a high limit, and there's good evidence that lowering it will save many lives. nytimes.com/2024/08/05/wel…

I appreciate both the kind words and the thoughtful criticism, Michael.

I’m super excited to share the draft of a new law review article, “Social Contracts: The Drafting History of the Lockean Natural Rights Guarantees”! It’s about the making of these “LGs” in state constitutions. Here’s a link to download a copy. 1/ papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Finally got my editor’s copy from OUP!

Well, it looks like my family has philosophical permission to exist. That's a relief.

Sociology would be vastly improved by throwing one right-leaning social scientist in every seminar room just to say “you sure about that?” whenever everyone else nods their head in agreement. slowboring.com/p/the-crank-re…

Admirable. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Some critics of a free market say that it's an impossible goal because there's no such thing. In the first of two posts on the topic, I respond to the claim that all systems of property are inherently coercive and hence unfree. bleedingheartlibertarian.substack.com/p/theres-no-su…

United States is also more pro-worker than Europe. Less restrictive labor laws => firms compete for workers more, including by giving them a larger share of the gains. US graph declined a bit, but it's silly to "fix" it by adopting European-style labor regulations.

I drew you a picture and hope you like it.

This morning JD Vance described my analysis of Trump's washing machine tariffs as dishonest, suggesting that one should look at these data two years later. Do you I need to tell you how this story ends?

'In 2022, 13 percent of children were poor, down from 62 percent in 1963. At the end of the 1990s boom, child poverty stood at 19.5 percent, so it has fallen by one-third just since 2001. Even in families headed by a single mother, the likelihood of a child being poor has

There are lots of intelligent criticisms to be made of the libertarian conception of freedom. I’ve made some of them myself. These are not them.