Economic Theory - General & Miscellaneous, General & Miscellaneous Political Theory, Labor Policies, Welfare - Service & Policies
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Overview
The principal criticism of libertarianism is that it would damage human welfare. In response, this book considers an extreme libertarian thesis: there is no conceptual or practical clash among the most plausible accounts of economic rationality, interpersonal liberty, human welfare, and private-property anarchy. Eschewing moral advocacy as a distraction, it offers a critical-rationalist defense of this objective thesis from many criticisms in the literature.
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An individualist, private-property anarchist, Lester defends his position against a number of other contemporary writers. He seeks to reconcile the rationality assumptions of neoclassical and Austrian School economics and relate them to liberty and welfare, and proposes a new theory of liberty as the absence of imposed cost. Practical anarchy, he says, is simply unconstrained private property. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
September 2, 2000
Publisher
Houndmills [England] : Macmillan Press ; 2000.
Pages
270
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780312234164