The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “In our era of Keynesian economics on steroids, we should ask: How close is current Keynesian practice to original Keynesian theory? “John Maynard Keynes‘s main claim to fame is his advocacy of deficit spending as a tool of economic recovery. In a depressed economy, the argument runs, the government […]
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Our polarized academic world, combining weak understandings of sexual bio-psychology with politics. I juxtapose this piece from The New York Times, “Warning: The Literary Canon Could Make Students Squirm,” with this report from Britain’s The Telegraph, “‘Paedophilia is natural and normal for males’ How some university academics make the case for paedophiles at summer conferences.”
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Atitudes racistas são remanescentes de um passado primitivo. Existe ainda muito racismo, contudo, progredimos em algumas partes do mundo, como mostra o gráfico dos países mais e menos racistas do mundo, publicado pelo The Washington Post. Em grande parte da Europa, América do Sul, América do Norte, Oceania e em alguns outros lugares, o racismo recuou significativamente.
A tolerância racial é o melhor que podemos conseguir? [Portuguese translation] Read More »
A new book is forthcoming this spring: Steve Jobs and Philosophy. The editor is Shawn E. Klein, a professor of philosophy at Rockford University. He has assembled sixteen essays on Steve Jobs’s impact. Klein’s summary: “Jobs was an outstanding achiever and a complex man with serious faults. This book is neither demonization nor hagiography. It
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Reflection upon an unpleasant email exchange I had recently. My correspondent was of a type I’ve encountered before, often enough to be irritating and to warrant creating a new conceptual category for. You might know of whom I speak: the aggressively screw-you types who use crude versions of Rand’s philosophy as a bludgeon to demonstrate
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The microscope reveals symbols for the British pound and the American dollar, and for Jews, communists, and homosexuals (triangles). The poem at the bottom reads: Infectious Germs With his poison, the Jew destroys The sluggish blood of weaker peoples; So that a diagnosis arises, Of swift degeneration. With us, however, the case is different: The
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April 10-12, Cancún, Mexico. Liberty Fund Socratic Seminar. Topic: E. G. West’s Education and the State. April 13-14: Cancún. APEE Conference. Topic One: “Corruption in Business—Does Regulation Lessen or Increase It?” Topic Two: “Social Virtues for Individualists.” April 19-25: Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fundación para la Responsabilidad Intelectual. Topics: TBA. April 29-May 1: Jekyll Island, Georgia.
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Permitam-me dar alguns exemplos de monopólios, para logo em seguida perguntar: quais são bons e quais são ruins? Megan e Ramon começaram a namorar e estão encantados um pelo outro. Em pouco tempo, eles estão monopolizando o seu tempo nessa relação amorosa e decidem se casar. Um município, localizado em uma área remota, possui somente
Monopólio bom, monopólio ruim [Portuguese translation] Read More »