Honestly now: Do you have what it takes? We all like to think we’re smarter than average, but the math is cruel. Half of us are below median intelligence, and some of us are considerably lower. So why should we think that freedom is a good policy for everyone? I believe freedom is the best
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[This is a Portuguese translation of “Loving Money and Books — Which is More Evil?”, originally published in English at EveryJoe.] Eu trabalhei no setor de construção civil por alguns anos antes de retornar à universidade. Meus companheiros trabalhavam muito, e um espírito de virilidade masculina prevalecia entre eles. Cervejas, pickups e pesca eram parte
Amar o dinheiro ou amar os livros — qual é o pior? [Portuguese translation] Read More »
Here is a new page for my books and articles translated into Spanish. My thanks to Rosa Pelz and the team at Barbarroja Ediciones, as well as to Walter Jerusalinsky, Alejandro Espinoza, and María Marty for their work to make this possible. More translations are in the works.
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My essay “Educating for Entrepreneurship” was translated into Polish as “Edukacja dla przedsiębiorczości” and published in the journal Przeglad Pedagogiczny 2015, Numer 1. Here now is the live link to the abstract and the text. Abstract: Jak najlepiej możemy pomóc młodym ludziom w nabraniu postawy przedsiębiorczości — przygotować ich czy to do zainicjowania własnego biznesu,
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Racist attitudes are a holdover from primitive times. There is still plenty of racism, but we have made progress in some parts of the world, as this Washington Post graphic of most and least racist nations shows. In much of Europe, North and South America, Australia and New Zealand, and a few other places, racism
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[This is a Portuguese translation of “The Limits of Open Immigration”, originally published in English at EveryJoe.] Quando eu imigrei para os Estados Unidos, a experiência não foi bem um pesadelo, mas uma série de sonhos ruins. Eu era do amistoso vizinho Canadá. Eu tinha um Ph.D. e uma oferta de trabalho de uma universidade
Os limites da livre imigração [Portuguese translation] Read More »
I’m reminded today of an earlier post on Marx and Engels’s The Communist Manifesto, in which I offered two explanations for why the 1848 Marx held that communism could only come about by violent revolution. In response to that post, philosopher Tibor Machan then pointed me to this passage from an 1872 speech Marx gave
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Primeiro ponto: os manifestantes não são nem “flocos de neve” que derretem quando o clima esquenta, nem “flores delicadas” cujos sentimentos são machucados. Os estudantes universitários já viram filmes violentos, terminaram relacionamentos, leram coisas grotescas na internet, viram filmes pornôs, perderam pessoas queridas, e ouviram notícias trágicas sobre eventos ao redor do mundo. Ainda assim,
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