Michael C. Munger

Michael C. Munger

Anthony de Jasay (1925-2019)

Anthony de Jasay (1925–2019) An Impartial Scholar Please additionally see the particular “Symposium on Anthony de Jasay” within the Summer season 2015 challenge of The Independent Review. Anthony de Jasay has died. Tony described himself as an “impartial scholar and thinker, ” a properly…

In Memoriam: Richard L. Stroup (1943-2021)

In Memoriam: Richard L. Stroup (1943-2021) Montana State College This text will likely be revealed within the forthcoming Summer time 2022 subject of The Unbiased Evaluation. “Rick” Stroup was one of many founders of the environmental economics motion; he was a…

Authorities Failure in One Lesson

Authorities Failure in One Lesson Public Alternative originated as a heterodox corrective to a misguided deal with “market failure,” a central idea within the welfare economics literature of the Nineteen Fifties. The orthodox work in contrast real-world markets with the “ideally suited”…

Argentina Agonistes: The Separation of Cash and State

Argentina Agonistes: The Separation of Cash and State It’s fascinating to consider what future generations will look again on and assume, “How barbaric and backward. Did these folks actually consider _______?” From our present vantage level, for instance, we glance…

All Housing Is Inexpensive Housing

All housing is inexpensive housing. If builders construct low-cost housing, the worth of all housing besides the very most luxurious will fall. Alternatively, and maybe much less clearly, if we construct extra luxurious housing, then the worth of all housing…

You Use the Roads, Don’t You?

It occurred once more, simply final week. I discussed at lunch that I used to be a libertarian, and one in every of my lunch mates snorted and stated, “What a hypocrite. I guess you drove right here at the…

Capitalism is a ‘DDoLL’

Capitalism is a “DDoLL.” I’m saying it in a foolish means, to make it simpler to recollect, however the reality is that capitalist societies relaxation on three rules of effectiveness. As I’ve argued earlier than, it’s helpful to consider decentralized…