People subject to the coercive rule of government have at least a prima facie right to be governed competently and in good faith. Governmental power is legitimate and authoritative only when exercised by a competent body that makes decisions competently and in good faith. Crony capitalism, bailouts, and rent-seeking show that certain governments, such as the United States federal government, systematically violate citizens’ rights to competence and good faith. Citizens in those regimes have a right to a more limited scope for government control over the economy.
The Right to Good Faith: How Crony Capitalism Delegitimizes the Administrative State
The Right to Good Faith: How Crony Capitalism Delegitimizes the Administrative State
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?