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- Philosophy and Methodology
- Robert P. Murphy
- 2007
Mises Wire
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Robert P. Murphy
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This Slate article discusses a new econometric study that apparently shows juvenile criminals don’t lower their criminal behavior when they become 18 and can receive stiffer penalties. On the one hand, as a libertarian (not to mention a pacifist) I love stuff like this: The State fails in its use of stolen tax dollars and barbaric punishments! On
Mises Daily
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Robert P. Murphy
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According to conventional wisdom, even though capitalism is better than socialism when it comes to varied products such as hot dogs, blue jeans, and laptops, nonetheless we need government central planners to provide us with military defense. In fact, this is so “obvious” to most people that the opposite view — namely, that a free market in
Mises Daily
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Robert P. Murphy
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Earlier this year three Americans won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for laying the foundations of “mechanism design theory.” The work of Leonid Hurwicz, Roger Myerson, and Eric Maskin was noted for its help in implementing efficient voting, trading, and regulatory schemes. The official press release made it quite clear that although the