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Walter Block

Walter E. Block is Harold E. Wirth Endowed Chair and Professor of Economics, College of Business, Loyola University New Orleans.

Articles

Rejoinder to Slenzok on Covid Once Again

07/23/2025 Journal of Libertarian Studies Walter Block

This is a rejoinder to a previous article by Slenzok, extending a discussion of the libertarian view of how to deal with COVID.

A Libertarian Analysis of _Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College_

09/30/2024 Journal of Libertarian Studies Walter Block

The libertarian view of affirmative action as regards to Harvard depends on whether the university is to be seen as a private or a public institution.

Rejoinder to Thommesen on “Stealing” from Thieves

07/05/2023 Journal of Libertarian Studies Walter Block

Is it possible to "steal" from a thief? Sven Thommesen has argued that it is; Walter Block contends here that it is an impossibility.

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Publications

Water Capitalism: The Case for Privatizing Oceans, Rivers, Lakes, and Aquifers

11/14/2016 Walter Block Peter Lothian Nelson

Water covers some 75 percent of the earth’s surface, while land covers 25 percent, approximately. Yet the former accounts for less than 1 percent of world GDP, the latter 99 percent plus. Part of the reason for this imbalance is that there are more

Differing Worldviews in Higher Education

01/11/2016 Walter Block

Two noted professors on opposite sides of the cultural wars come together and engage in “cooperative argumentation.” One, a “Jewish, atheist libertarian” and the other a “mixed blood American Indian” bring to the table two radically different

Defending the Undefendable 2

01/11/2016 Walter Block

Walter Block has assembled thirty chapters defending behavior that is probably offensive to most Americans, such as dwarf tossing and stereotyping, and many that are downright illegal, such as dueling and smuggling. Plus, he’s provided us with

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