Monthly Archives: March 2009

The positive external effects of stimulus

by Aschwin de Wolf Posted on March 27, 2009

Some politicians have expressed great frustration over the fact that not all countries are doing their part in engaging in deficit spending and/or manipulating the money supply to stimulate “the economy.” It is not difficult to imagine how such a … Continue reading →

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John Rawls and the sin of merit

by Aschwin de Wolf Posted on March 26, 2009

For those who have always suspected a strong religious undertone in the writings of John Rawls, the following piece by Joshua Cohen and Thomas Nagel will come as a revelation. Reflecting on Rawls’s senior thesis “A Brief Inquiry into the … Continue reading →

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