July, 2007

Escape from Freedom

by Julian Sanchez

July 24th, 2007

As I mentioned in my previous post, I find Brink Lindsey’s argument for the tendency of broad affluence to promote libertarian values much more plausible as macro-level historical analysis than near-term punditry.  Encomia are tedious, though, so let me try to play devil’s advocate here as well, starting where the case seems strongest, on the [...]

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Can Conservatives Rediscover the Cultural Center?

by Brink Lindsey

July 23rd, 2007

In his most recent post, Jonah makes the point that our expanded cultural freedom has had very different consequences for people at the top and bottom of the socioeconomic scale. I agree, and I said so in my book.
It’s not just that the rich have the money to buy their way out of jams. More [...]

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Getting Cloudy

by Matthew Yglesias

July 23rd, 2007

Brink Lindsey raises a valid issue — the public’s demand for more health care benefits seems to be colliding with its distaste for a large increase in tax revenues. The circle could be squared by having Medicaid and Medicare implement cost-saving measures, but that seems unlikely as well. And it’s true, none of the possible [...]

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