Tuesday, March 5, 2019

TODAY

At 5 pm today, I shall give a lecture at the UNC Chapel Hill Philosophy Department entitled "A Game Theoretic Analysis and Critique of John Rawls' A Theory of Justice."  With the assistance of Alex Campbell, it will be recorded and put on YouTube, there to join the thirty other lectures I have posted.  When it is up, I shall provide a link.
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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 5, 2019 at 4:36 PM

    Professor Wolff,

    Recently, a term called Modern Monetary Theory MMT has come up in the news. Democratic socialists plan to use this as a means of using larger deficits to fund more social services. What are your thoughts on MMT?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Monetary_Theory

    Thanks

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  2. Paul OMarch 6, 2019 at 7:37 AM

    It is hardly a new thing! I read Randy Wray back in the 90s. It is coming up in the news because it has very firmly moved past the 'first they ignore you' phase.

    There are a number of good books and good websites out there. e.g;

    http://neweconomicperspectives.org/


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  3. RobinMcDugaldMarch 6, 2019 at 7:46 PM

    I've always a bit miffed that the same set of topics tends to crop in, e.g., the NYT, PBS, the Guardian, etc. on the same morning, every morning. That's why I spend more time than I should on sites such as this: to get away from the mainstream, I suppose. But lo and behold, on the very same day, here, at least in the comments, and here--

    http://crookedtimber.org/2019/03/06/mmt-and-the-scope-for-seigniorage/

    --the mysterious MMT is being talked about. Where can I flee to?

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  4. MattMarch 6, 2019 at 8:09 PM

    Was Tom Hill at the talk at UNC? He's a fine Kant scholar, as you surely know, and also a very good interpreter of Rawls, so I'd be interested to hear what he thought, if he was there. (I think his health isn't great, and that he's at least semi-retired, so I'm not sure how many talks he goes to these days. But, every time I have had the luck to interact with him, I've benefited greatly.)

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  5. Robert Paul WolffMarch 7, 2019 at 7:20 AM

    Matt, Tom was not there. The talk was billed as for undergraduates in a program Geoff runs, and only one professor, from another department, showed up. Too bad.

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  6. LFCMarch 7, 2019 at 1:15 PM

    Was there a question period? and if so, did any of the undergraduates ask questions?

    (I know the talk is up at Youtube, but I don't feel like looking it up just at this moment...)

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  7. Robert Paul WolffMarch 7, 2019 at 2:58 PM

    There was a question period but it was not recorded. It was very lively.

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  8. LFCMarch 7, 2019 at 3:18 PM

    Glad to hear that.

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