The Penal Leviathan: What Wacquant and Rothbard Reveal About Modern Punishment

Tags: Law, Legal System, U.S. History

08/25/2026 Luc Lelièvre

The modern way of dealing with criminal behavior has been mass incarceration, yet crime abounds. Murray Rothbard believed that restitution and other methods were superior to the present state-run system.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/penal-leviathan-what-wacquant-and-rothbard-reveal-about-modern-punishment

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The Penal Leviathan: What Wacquant and Rothbard Reveal About Modern Punishment