Prejudice is Free, but Discrimination has Costs

Tags: Interventionism, Big Government

07/30/2014 Journal of Libertarian Studies Steven Farron

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Thomas Sowell provides examples of people from many parts of the world demanding that their governments restrict the economic and occupational success of specific ethnic or racial groups. However, when the same people act as individuals or business owners, they actively resist and/or circumvent these restrictions.

Volume 14, Number 2 (2000)

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Farron, Steven. "Prejudice is Free, but Discrimination has Costs." Journal of Libertarian Studies 14, No. 2 (2000): 179–245.

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Prejudice is Free, but Discrimination has Costs

07/30/2014 Journal of Libertarian Studies Steven Farron

Thomas Sowell provides examples of people from many parts of the world demanding that their governments restrict the economic and occupational success of specific ethnic or racial groups. However...

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