In Iran, but nowhere else in the world, it is legal to sell one of your kidneys. Closer to home, you can sell your eggs or sperm for fertility treatment. You also can sell your blood or plasma here in the United States, but not in Canada. Late last year, the Ontario government passed legislation to prohibit paying and receiving payment for blood and plasma.
New Book Examines the Moral Economy
New Book Examines the Moral Economy
Recent Publications
- “Equal Opportunity, Not Reparations” in the Handbook of Equality of Opportunity (2024)
- “A Bayesian Solution to Hallsson’s Puzzle”
- Markets without Limits: Moral Virtues and Commercial Interests, 2nd Edition
- “Optimizing political influence: a jury theorem with dynamic competence and dependence”
- Why not anarchism?
Recent News
- Advocacy group concerned pay-for-plasma clinics expanding to Ontario will hurt voluntary donations
- Jason Brennan and Hélène Landemore, Debating Democracy (University of Zurich’s UBS Center, 2024)
- Jason Brennan “Everything Wrong with Democracy” on the Alex O’Connor Podcast (January 28, 2024)
- On the affirmative action ruling, the Supreme Court got it half right
- Is the effective altruism movement in trouble?