The case against the nanny state
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in economics of information, economics of regulation, health economics, Public Choice, sports economics Tags: nanny state
@nzdrug referendum slogan is “too many drug dealers are in prison”?
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in economics of crime, economics of regulation, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: marijuana decrimilization
Hate: Why We Should Resist It With Free Speech Not Censorship” – Nadine Strossen
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in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: free speech
Nadine Strossen’s new book on hate speech, why such speech should not be censored or banned, and its relevance to recent campus events
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he most effective way to decrease people’s negative attitudes toward members of any societal group is to give them an opportunity to get to know one another.
I’ve just finished Nadine Strossen‘s 2018 book, HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship, one of 16 volumes in the series “Inalienable Rights,” edited by University of Chicago constitutional law professor Geoffrey Stone. Click on the screenshot to go to the book’s Amazon site:
Strossen was president of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) from 1991 to 2008—their first woman president. She’s now a professor at New York Law School. She’s always been a civil-rights lawyer, and this is her third book on the topic. Given her expertise and position at the ACLU, she was an excellent person to write this book.
I recommend it to all of you who want to read a succinct (186 page) argument for why hate speech should be neither outlawed nor censored by the government. (Strossen also argues—and I agree—that although censorship of hate speech is prohibited in
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David Friedman Speaking at the Freedom Summit – Market Failure
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, David Friedman, defence economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of information, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, market efficiency, property rights, Public Choice Tags: market failure
Steven Pinker: Human nature in 2013
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in economics of education, human capital Tags: evolutionary psychology
The U.S. Military Will Spend $1.5 Trillion on a Plane That Barely Works
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in defence economics, politics - USA
Ike anticipated holocaust denial
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in defence economics, economics of crime, law and economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Nazi Germany, The Holocaust, World War II
Nikita Khrushchev – The Man Behind the Missile Crisis
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in defence economics, economic history, Marxist economics, Public Choice, war and peace Tags: Russia
The Truth About Space Debris
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in defence economics, transport economics Tags: space
Why Depression Isn’t Just a Chemical Imbalance
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in health economics Tags: economics of mental illness
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