Author: Murali

Raising Money

Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Charity. Here is the introductory post for the Symposium. Here is a list of all posts so far. There are better and worse ways...

Misusing the Social Contract

There is a certain kind of libertarian who says that they see no reason to abide by XYZ laws/ pay taxes because they didn’t sign any social contract. Hell, I don’t even have to...

Mini Rant: Obama and Anti-Colonialism

Why do people keep accusing Obama of being  anti-colonial as if that is a bad thing? I am open-minded enough to consider the possibility that colonialism could have been a good thing, but I understand...

Fairness and the Agent’s Cut

In the spirit of American football season, here are a few quick questions relating to NFL agents and their cut of the players’ pay. As far as I can tell, there seems to be...

Weekend jukebox and trivia

These are two of my favourite singers and they produce rather consistently good pieces.   And   As for the trivia, this should be an easy one: Which movie did both of these songs...

Democracy Symposium: A neat trick

Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Democracy. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in the Symposium so far, click...

Democracy Symposium: Going Marginal

Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Democracy. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in the Symposium so far, click...

Discourse Failure and Why Both Sides Do It

In the comment section in Shawn Gude’s post, one of the things that came up was why economists weren’t trusted even though they are experts in their field. The thing is, it’s not just economists....

Weird Policy Proposal: The A-Tax-Rebate

Fellow Gentleman, Connor Williams did an awesome post on education reform in the US. One thing that kept cropping up in the discussion was that school choice didn’t really solve one of the key...

Friday Night Jukebox

I have recently come across two groups, which are, frankly speaking, Space Awesome! Ladies and gentlemen of the league, I give you Lacuna Coil… …and Halestorm