Category: Social Sciences and Economics

  • “Don’t Be Evil”

    Gordon Smith

    Unless you have been spelunking for several days, you have heard a lot more about Google recently than you ever wanted to know. (Of course, if you want to know even more, I invite you to check out my other blog where I have been writing about Google ever since the filing.) This event has…

  • Brigham’s Attack on Communal Economics

    Nate Oman

    One of my most prized worldly possessions is a complete set of the Journal of Discourses. I love these books. I love the way that they look. It probably has something to do with my fascination with law books, which they closely resemble. I also love the sermons. They are a wonderful mass of exhortation,…

  • Charity and the Ex Post/Ex Ante Dilemma

    Nate Oman

    We are supposed to help those who are in need. The scriptures seem to be quite clear about this. And that, of course, is the problem. I have phrased the issue in what legal theorists call the ex post perspective. We take need as given and the morally relevant question is what our response to…

  • Deserving One’s Wages

    Nate Oman

    Russell’s qualified repudiation of the idea that all those with a six-figure salary are on their way to hell has got me thinking about wages and what one can deserve.

  • Street Preachers: The Coasian Solution

    Kaimi Wenger

    There has been quite a bit of discussion, some here and some on the LDS-law list, about street preachers and garment desecration. But it seems like everyone is missing the obvious question: What would Coase do?

  • Economic Growth Correlates Positively with Religiosity

    Matt Evans

    According to researchers at Harvard, the religiosity of a country is a good predictor of it’s economic growth. The New York Times story is here.