Huub Brouwer

🍂 ☀️ 📚 Deze winter bij @isvw.bsky.social: filosofie van democratie. Een weekend lang (12-14 december) denken we over democratie en haar heel diverse uitdagingen.

Met een geweldige line-up: o.a. Daan Roovers, Josette Daemen, Gijs van Oenen, Theo de Wit en Joris Backer. ⤵️

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The workshop is funded by my Dutch Research Council project on philosophy of taxation (VI.Veni.221F.045).

Topics include, but are not limited to, land value taxes, carbon taxes, taxes on AI and robotization, novel forms of wealth taxes on individuals and corporations, special taxes on ultra-high net worth individuals, and novel forms of inheritance taxes.

The aim of the workshop, and the special issue that will result from it, is to contribute to the cutting-edge of philosophical inquiry into taxation by studying which tax bases can help address 21st century challenges.

Call for abstracts

Dan Halliday and I are organizing a workshop on philosophy of taxation. Papers presented at the workshop will be considered for inclusion in a special issue of the Monist that we are editing.

Details on the workshop can be found here: philevents.org/event/show/1...

I am editing a Special Issue of *The Erasmus Journal of Philosophy and Economics* to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of The Wealth of Nations.
Confirmed Contributors:
Sam Fleischacker (UIC)
Maria Carrasco (Universidad de los Andes)
Please share.
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Back in the Rawls mines today. Found this nice little bit on love in ToJ: 'In general, to love another means not only to be concerned for his wants and needs, but to affirm his sense of the worth of his own person.' (p.406). Love requires positive care & encouragement to foster self-respect.

It is surrounded by books about finance money, and the stock market — whereas the books is not about these things at all.

Philosophical Explanations. Inscribed by the author to the American philosopher Roderick Firth (1917-1987), a colleague of Nozick’s at Harvard, “For Rod, Fondly Bob August, 1981” in blue ink to the front free endpaper. Philosoph...

The bookstore claims it is Nozick’s most ‘thoroughly philosophical’ book: store.maggs.com/products/phi....

Just spotted a signed first edition of Nozick’s ‘Philosophical Explanations’ at an antiquarian bookstore. Yours for an astonishing 1.250 pounds. Makes you wonder what a signed edition of ‘Anarchy, State, and Utopia’ would cost.

Canal parade, pride Amsterdam

Nog steeds krijgen zeven op de tien LHBTI’s in hun leven te maken met fysiek of verbaal geweld om wie ze zijn, in Nederland. Stem op 29 oktober voor de regenbooggemeenschap!

The Great Philosophers by Bryan Magee Podcast · Zachary Baker · The Great Philosophers with Bryan Magee is a BBC series originally broadcasted in 1987. Magee has enlightening and important philosophical conversations with some of the most...

Do you want to learn more about great philosophers such as Chomsky, Nietzsche, and Quine? Check out these interviews by Bryan Magee, which are now available in podcast format: open.spotify.com/show/5oQJUKf...

4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.

Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last. If this exponential rate of growth can continue, we will soon live in a very different world, @billmckibben.bsky.social writes.

Lezersreacties: ‘Rijker en gelijker? Laten we de roze bril afzetten en problemen oplossen’ De ongelijkheid tussen rijk en arm is niet zo’n groot probleem, aldus de Zweedse econoom Daniel Waldenström. De afgelopen 100 jaar zijn mensen in Westerse landen rijker en gelijker geworden. Volkskran...

Rijker en gelijker? Laten we de roze bril afzetten en problemen oplossen, in plaats van te beweren dat het allemaal wel meevalt. Mijn reactie op een interview met Zweedse econoom Daniel Waldenström, in de Volkskrant. www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...

Niet panikeren, organiseren

I'm very honoured with the awarding of the 2025 Stevin prize for my research. And I'm particularly pleased that this prize goes to a philosopher, as it recognizes that we not only do blue sky research, but also analyses that can make a difference to the world.
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We're hiring! I'll be co-supervising a PhD at Utrecht University on the global governance of socially disruptive technologies. Political philosophy/ethics project focused on legitimacy & good governance.

More info: edu.nl/9admd
Deadline: June 3, 2025 (apologies for the short notice!)

Assistant Professor of Political Science Assistant Professor of Political ScienceThe Institute of Political Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Leiden University is currently looking for at least two (2) assistant professors in Poli...

We're hiring!

Two tenure-track openings for Assistant Professors in Political Science or International Relations.

Sharing = 🙏❤️

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Pluralizing Political Philosophy (ed Ingrid Robeyns) online book-launch with @lisamherzog.bsky.social, @serenekhader.bsky.social @kwatene.bsky.social and @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social

June 4th BST 20.00: Register here.

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You can download the position paper here: www.tweedekamer.nl/downloads/do... [6/6]

(Policy recommendation 1) closing loopholes in the Dutch tax system that enable tax avoidance, (P2) reforming capital income taxation, and (P3) modernizing and reforming gift and inheritance taxation. [5/6]

and (4) intergenerational wealth concentration is increasing. Given these findings, policy interventions are necessary to enhance broad prosperity. I identify three low-hanging fruits: [4/6]

In preparation, I wrote a position paper. The key findings are that in the Netherlands: (1) the gap in life expectancy between rich and poor is rising, (2) homeownership is becoming less accessible, (3) pillar II pensions are not a great equalizer and should not be counted as wealth, [3/6]

On Tuesday 13 May, economist Daniel Waldenström and I will have roundtable meeting with the committee for Finance of the Netherlands House of Representatives about these questions, from 18:30 till 19:00. If you are interested, you can watch it here: www.tweedekamer.nl/debat_en_ver... [2/6]

Are Western countries richer and more equal today than they were a century ago? And should Piketty's influential analysis of wealth inequality be nuanced? What kind of policy measures are required to ensure broad prosperity? [1/6]

Vacancy — Assistant Professor in Political Theory The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Political Theory. The successful candidate will conduct research in any area of polit...

Political theory/philosophy job in our Department!

Deadline 26 May.

Happy to answer questions by email.

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Today we strike in Tilburg against the budget cuts on higher education that were approved by the Senate on Tuesday. #stopthecuts #doehetniet

This Thursday (April 10) #TilburgUniversity is going on strike. We protest against exorbitant budget cuts that only serve to dismantle higher education.

Hope to see all of my Tilburg friends at the protest! Btw, I’m giving a talk on Nancy Fraser and cannibal capitalism at 10 at the 013 pop podium👇