“The Harrow and the Harvest”: Dylan in the Doorway Cryin’
(I’m going to take a page out of William Brafford’s book and write about Gillian Welch’s The Harrow and the Harvest until I feel like stopping. But really, you should listen to the music...
Daily Archive: July 19, 2011
Is what we have here a failure to communicate?
Is it wrong to say that the subtext of this entire genre of intra-leftist debate is support for unions?
It’s Only a Positive Externality if the Government Does It
A positive externality happens when the “good” of a product or service can’t be contained to the people who paid for it. Others benefit too, even if they don’t pay. As a result, goods...
Bad prices, public spending, and poverty
Matt Yglesias points to this Heritage report that suggests the living standards of the poor have gotten better over the years so poverty isn’t really a big deal anymore. He writes: A serious person...
Liberaltarianism and mutual improvement
In my last post I made something of a throwaway comment that liberal and libertarians had a lot to learn from each other. Herb asked, quite reasonably, for details. I gave him a quick...
