Anarchism and the Public Goods Issue: Law, Courts, and the Police
This paper is an attempt to use what is essentially “public choice” analysis- which assumes that individuals will make “rational&
Production Theory
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Stork Markets: An Analysis of “Baby-Selling”
This essay presents a conceptual and moral rather than an economic analysis of “baby-selling.” Its purpose is to address certain fundam
The Private Production of Defence
Among the most popular and consequential beliefs of our age is the belief in collective security.
John Locke and the Labor Theory of Value
It is taken for granted by most economists and political philosophers that John Locke was in some sense a precursor of the labor theories of value
The Political Economy of Monarchy and Democracy, and the Idea of a Natural Order
A government is a territorial monopolist of compulsion — an agency which may engage in continual, institutionalized property rights violations and
Efficiency vs Ethics: Which is the Proper Decision Criterion in Law Cases?
Ever since economists undertook an economic analysis of the law there has waged the debate as to the proper criterion to use in deciding law cases.
Labor And the Austrian School: An Interview with Morgan Reynolds
Volume 23, Number 2 (Summer 2003)
The Corporation at Issue, Part II: A Critique of Robert Hesson’s In Defense of the Corporation and Proposed Conditions for Private Incorporation
This is part II of a two-part paper in which a critique is offered of the private right to free incorporation from a classical liberal or libertari
Reply to Hellmer on Sweatshops
Muetze Hellmer is a former student of mine at Loyola University New Orleans.
Contra Anarcho-Capitalism
Mixing economics and government is a dangerous idea, nearly as dangerous as mixing church and government.
