The Economics of Law, Order, and Action: The Logic of Public Goods

ISBN-13: 9780367592868 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 158 str.

Jakub Bozydar Wisniewski

Opis

According to the standard position, the efficient production of so-called public goods, including law and defense, requires the use of territorial "monopolies of force". This book challenges this assumption and provides a comprehensive economic and ethical case for extending the applicability of voluntary, entrepreneurial cooperation.

Spis treści

1. Introduction

2. An Austrian Critique of the Theory of Public Goods

3. Defense as a Private Good in a Competitive Order

4. Law as a Private Good in a Competitive Order

5. Ideas, Institutions, and Preferences

6. The Ethics of Legal and Protective Polycentrism

7. Conclusion

O autorze

Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski is an affiliated scholar and a member of the board of trustees of the Ludwig von Mises Institute Poland and is an affiliated lecturer with the Polish-American Leadership Academy. He holds an MA in philosophy from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in political economy from King’s College London.