Privatization of Roads and Highways: Human and Economic Factors, The

Privatization of Roads and Highways: Human and Economic Factors, The
Author: Walter E. Block
Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2011
Genre:
ISBN: 1610163583

This work is dedicated to my fellow Americans, some 40,000 of them per year who have died needlessly in traffic fatalities. It is my sincere hope and expectation that under a system of private roads and highways in the future, that this number may be radically reduced.

The Routledge Handbook of Anarchy and Anarchist Thought

The Routledge Handbook of Anarchy and Anarchist Thought
Author: Gary Chartier
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 479
Release: 2020-12-30
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1351733591

This Handbook offers an authoritative, up-to-date introduction to the rich scholarly conversation about anarchy—about the possibility, dynamics, and appeal of social order without the state. Drawing on resources from philosophy, economics, law, history, politics, and religious studies, it is designed to deepen understanding of anarchy and the development of anarchist ideas at a time when those ideas have attracted increasing attention. The popular identification of anarchy with chaos makes sophisticated interpretations—which recognize anarchy as a kind of social order rather than an alternative to it—especially interesting. Strong, centralized governments have struggled to quell popular frustration even as doubts have continued to percolate about their legitimacy and long-term financial stability. Since the emergence of the modern state, concerns like these have driven scholars to wonder whether societies could flourish while abandoning monopolistic governance entirely. Standard treatments of political philosophy frequently assume the justifiability and desirability of states, focusing on such questions as, What is the best kind of state? and What laws and policies should states adopt?, without considering whether it is just or prudent for states to do anything at all. This Handbook encourages engagement with a provocative alternative that casts more conventional views in stark relief. Its 30 chapters, written specifically for this volume by an international team of leading scholars, are organized into four main parts: I. Concept and Significance II. Figures and Traditions III. Legitimacy and Order IV. Critique and Alternatives In addition, a comprehensive index makes the volume easy to navigate and an annotated bibliography points readers to the most promising avenues of future research.

The Classical Liberal Case for Israel

The Classical Liberal Case for Israel
Author: Walter E. Block
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 491
Release: 2021-11-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9811639531

This book offers a unique perspective on the State of Israel based on classical liberalism, both on a historical and theoretical level. Specifically, it makes a classical liberal and libertarian analysis based upon homesteading and private property rights to defend the State of Israel. As such, this work explores the history of the Jewish State, both to provide a positive case for its right to exist, and to clarify the myths surrounding its origin and development. At the same time, it deals with other relevant related subjects, such as the complex situation between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs, the military campaigns against the Jewish State, the connection between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism, and Israel’s economic miracle. The thorough analysis presented in this work intends to show not only why the voices and movements against Israel are wrong (including the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, BDS), but more importantly, why Israel is an example of human flourishing and freedom that every advocate for liberty should celebrate. The Classical Liberal Case for Israel makes the practical and moral case for Israel. It is based on truths and facts that need to be repeated over and over. Block & Futerman understand that the only way to defeat a big lie is with a big truth. Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of the State of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel Classical Liberalism, often associated with the spread West from Northern Europe in creating free nations, is argued here as applying to Israel, with ancient roots in the principles of human freedom. Vernon L. Smith, Ph.D. Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (2002), and Professor, George L. Argyros Endowed Chair in Finance and Economics, Professor of Economics and Law, Smith Institute for Political Economy and Philosophy, at Chapman University.

An Economic Analysis of Rapid Transit in New York, 1870 - 2010

An Economic Analysis of Rapid Transit in New York, 1870 - 2010
Author: Kyle M. Kirschling
Publisher: Kyle Mark Kirschling
Total Pages:
Release: 2012
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This is consistent with a substantial body of economic theory, albeit not conventional neoclassical economics, which frequently treats transit as a special case. This conflict is linked to faulty assumptions underlying neoclassical economic theory.

Public Budgeting Systems

Public Budgeting Systems
Author: Robert D. Lee Jr.
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Total Pages: 722
Release: 2009-11-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0763790729

A complete and balanced reference, Public Budgeting Systems, Eighth Edition surveys the current state of budgeting throughout all levels of the United States government. The text emphasizes methods by which financial decisions are reached within a system as well as ways in which different types of information are used in budgetary decision-making. It also stresses the use of program information, since, for decades, budget reforms have sought to introduce greater program considerations into financial decisions. This updated text includes more cases studies and practical information, figures and charts to make the information more accessible, as well as additional student problems. Using this text, students will gain a first-rate understanding of methods by which financial decisions are reached within a system, and how different types of information are used in budgetary decision-making.

Public Budgeting Systems

Public Budgeting Systems
Author: Robert D. Lee
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Total Pages: 773
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0763746681

A complete and balanced reference, Public Budgeting Systems, Eighth Edition surveys the current state of budgeting throughout all levels of the United States government. The text emphasizes methods by which financial decisions are reached within a system as well as ways in which different types of information are used in budgetary decision-making. It also stresses the use of program information, since, for decades, budget reforms have sought to introduce greater program considerations into financial decisions. This updated text includes more cases studies and practical information, figures and charts to make the information more accessible, as well as additional student problems. Using this text, students will gain a first-rate understanding of methods by which financial decisions are reached within a system, and how different types of information are used in budgetary decision-making.

Property and Justice

Property and Justice
Author: Billy Christmas
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2021-03-30
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1000370070

This book gives an account of a full spectrum of property rights and their relationship to individual liberty. It shows that a purely deontological approach to justice can deal with the most complex questions regarding the property system. Moreover, the author considers the economic, ecological, and technological complexities of our real-world property systems. The result is a more conceptually sound account of natural rights and the property system they demand. If we think that liberty should be at the centre of justice, what does that mean for the property system? Economists and lawyers widely agree that a property system must be composed of many different types of property: the kind of private ownership one has over one’s person and immediate possessions, as well as the kinds of common ownership we each have in our local streets, as well as many more. However, theories of property and justice have not given anything approaching an adequate account of the relationship between liberty and any other form of property other than private ownership. It is often thought that a basic commitment to liberty cannot really tell us how to arrange the major complexities of the property system, which diverge from simple private ownership. Property and Justice demonstrates how philosophical rigour coupled with interdisciplinary engagement enables us to think clearly about how to deal with real-world problems. It will be of interest to political philosophers, political theorists, and legal theorists working on property rights and justice.

Libertarian Vanguard

Libertarian Vanguard
Author: Fouad Sabry
Publisher: One Billion Knowledgeable
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2024-04-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Who is Libertarian Vanguard Murray Newton Rothbard was an American economist of the Austrian School, economic historian, political theorist, and activist. Rothbard was a central figure in the 20th-century American libertarian movement, particularly its right-wing strands, and was a founder and leading theoretician of anarcho-capitalism. He wrote over twenty books on political theory, history, economics, and other subjects. How you will benefit (I) Insights about the following: Chapter 1: Murray Rothbard Chapter 2: Henry Hazlitt Chapter 3: Hans-Hermann Hoppe Chapter 4: Mises Institute Chapter 5: Lew Rockwell Chapter 6: Paleolibertarianism Chapter 7: Mark Thornton Chapter 8: Ralph Raico Chapter 9: Ludwig von Mises Chapter 10: Burton Blumert Chapter 11: Right-libertarianism Chapter 12: Joseph T. Salerno Chapter 13: Center for Libertarian Studies Chapter 14: Conceived in Liberty Chapter 15: Lawrence Fertig Chapter 16: Libertarian conservatism Chapter 17: The Betrayal of the American Right Chapter 18: Walter Block Chapter 19: Larry Schweikart Chapter 20: David Gordon (philosopher) Chapter 21: Jörg Guido Hülsmann Who this book is for Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information about Libertarian Vanguard.

Political Philosophy and Taxation

Political Philosophy and Taxation
Author: Robert F. van Brederode
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 421
Release: 2022-06-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9811910928

This book explores how taxation is related to the role of the state and its relationship with its constituents, the concept of private property rights, the concepts of societal fairness and justice, and the battle between the individual and the collective. This book appeals to students and scholars who want to know how philosophers in the past and present think about taxation, and how their thinking has developed through cross-influencing. There exists no comprehensive study providing such an overview. This book is a foundational study on the philosophical justification of taxation (qualitative aspect) and the normative qualifications required of tax law to constitute tax that is just and fair (distributive or quantitative aspect). The latter includes evaluation of what type of tax is morally correct or acceptable to realize distributive justice. This book covers periods from the Enlightenment era until the present. The philosophers are grouped together in schools of thought and each chapter except for chapter 1 and chapter 13, are is dedicated to a specific philosophical school. Moreover, this book aims to provide an overview of each school of thinking and the individual philosophers, including placing them in the context of their times. The book has particular importance as the study of taxation is an underdeveloped area of political and legal philosophy.

Global Currency Plot

Global Currency Plot
Author: Thorsten Polleit
Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Total Pages: 241
Release:
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Money today is a political tool. To understand the implications of this, you first have to understand the agenda of those who wield political power. The political trend for decades has been toward democratic socialism, with its abhorrence of markets and its love of the planned economy. Its continued success must worry anyone who desires freedom and prosperity. The Global Currency Plot puts socialism to a rigorous test of logic and finds it wanting. Polleit offers an antidote to democratic socialism and its monetary conquest—the private law society with a free market for money. The book is primarily intended for the noneconomist, but it will appeal to anyone who seeks answers to the political trends and economic news of today. With clear logic Thorsten Polleit shows in this important work the aims and ways in which democratic socialism moves toward a globally planned state, dominated by a “nomenclatura.” With convincing logic he also presents the free market economy as a superior alternative. A fascinating book! —H.S.H. Prince Michael of Liechtenstein Is there a connection between political centralization, mass immigration and the quest for a common currency? Yes. Thorsten Polleit exposes with captivating logic the destructive power of democratic socialism, its tools and its aspirations for world domination. Both an enlightening and cautionary book. Essential reading! —Malte Fischer, economist