March, 2006

Inequality is on the Rise, and it Matters

by Jacob Hacker
The Conversation
March 24th, 2006

Be careful what you wish for. I started out by chiding Schmidtz for his abstraction, and now we’re on the verge of debating the technical bases of the Consumer Price Index (CPI)! I don’t want to go there—not because I am not familiar with the debate, or don’t have things to say, but because I [...]

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Three Points

by David Schmidtz
The Conversation
March 22nd, 2006

Three points. Just three, because insofar as it’s a debate, the negative is supposed to respond to the affirmative, and the responsibility of the affirmative, accordingly, is not to say too much. (I sometimes say too much even for academic purposes, not only for purposes of public debate.) 1. Moving up the ladder in absolute [...]

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