Luck egalitarianism is, roughly, the view that inequalities in life prospects resulting from luck are unjust. If Amy has better job opportunities than Bob because she happened to have parents who could afford to send her to a fancy private school, that’s unfair.

The US government spends billions of dollars a year subsidizing American farms, providing massive benefits for some farmers and dispersing the costs among millions of taxpayers.

Why are so many of us unwilling to save enough for retirement or cut back on the Coke and cookies even though we really want wealth and health?

Treating problem gamblers like problem drinkers makes sense. Criminalizing gambling for everyone does not.

If the problem is that the poor have too few options, it’s a bad “solution” to remove one of those options.

A genuine government subsidy of religion would put the state in the business of directly funding religious institutions.

The market can route self-interest toward the common good. But the market channels altruism better than the state too.

I have my doubts about the “taxation is theft” meme making the rounds on my Facebook feed.