Daniel J. D'Amico

Latest work

Review of The Social Order of the Underworld by David Skarbek

08/27/2015 Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics Daniel J. D'Amico

Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 18, no. 2 (Summer 2015) Neither Carl Menger, Ludwig von Mises, Murray Rothbard, nor Israel Kirzner are found within the bibliography of David Skarbek’s latest...

Changing the Guard: Private Prisons and the Control of Crime, Alexander Tabarrok, ed.

07/30/2014 Journal of Libertarian Studies Daniel J. D'Amico

In this article, Daniel J. D’Amico reviews Changing the Guard: Private Prisons and the Control of Crime which was edited by Alexander Tabarrok. Volume 21, Number 2 (2007)

The American Prison State

05/05/2011 Mises Daily Daniel J. D'Amico

The United States incarcerates more people than any country in the world today and throughout history. The financial costs are tremendous and rising. It is uncreative, abusive, socialistic, and robs our society and economy of vast human and material resources. It is also un-American.

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