DPI-235 Lecture 7: Policy and Classical Liberalism

Readings:

Mark Pennington. “Poverty Relief and Public Services: Welfare State or Minimal State” and “Institutions and International Development: Welfare State or Minimal State,” Chapters 6 and 7 of Robust Political Economy: Classical Liberalism and the Future of Public Policy (Edward Elgar Publishers 2011). Groups 2-3 Chapter 6; Group 1 Chapter 7

DPI-235 Lecture 6: Libertarianism

Readings:

Robert Nozick. Chapers 1-3, 7 (Section One) and 8 of Anarchy, State and Utopia (Blackwell 1975). Groups 1-3

DPI-235 Lecture 5: Classical Liberalism

Readings:

F. A. Hayek. “Liberalism” in New Studies in Philosophy, Politics, Economics and the History of Ideas (Routledge, 1978). Group 1

Henry West. “Mill and Utilitarianism in the Mid-Nineteenth Century,” Chapter 3 of The Cambridge Companion to Utilitarianism, edited by Eggleston and Miller. (Cambridge University Press, 2014). Group 2

James M. Buchanan. “The Soul of Classical Liberalism” and “Classical Liberalism as an Ongoing Ideal,” chapters 6 and 7 in Why I Too Am Not a Conservative: The Normative Vision of Classical Liberalism (Edward Elgar Publications, 2006). Optional

Kristor Bykvist. “Utilitarianism in the Twentieth Century,” Chapter 5 of The Cambridge Companion to Utilitarianism, edited by Eggleston and Miller. (Cambridge University Press, 2014). Group 3

Visualizing Upward Mobility

From the Brookings Institute.

How the Rich Rule

From former HKS professor Dani Rodrik. Article here.

Inequality and Food Consumption

From Mother Jones, here.

Should Libertarians Be Concerned with Local Government More than Federal Government?

Yes, argues Franklin Foer, here.

Have the Rich Won the Class War?

Nick Carnes thinks so. Article at Vox, here.

Stiglitz on Piketty

Democracy in the Twenty-First Century, found here.

The Role of Organized Labor in Addressing Wage Inequality

A nice piece by Veronic Turner, found here.

Stiglitz's Plan for Growth and Equality

Seven take aways found here.

The white paper itself can be found here.