Mises Daily
Author:
Murray N. Rothbard
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[This article is taken from chapter 18 of The Ethics of Liberty .] A boycott is an attempt to persuade other people to have nothing to do with some particular person or firm — either socially or in agreeing not to purchase the firm’s product. Morally a boycott may be used for absurd, reprehensible, laudatory, or neutral goals. It may be used, for