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Libertarianism, from A to Z, Jeffrey A. Miron

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Libertarianism, from A to Z

dictionaries

435418561

Jeffrey A. Miron

Libertarian principles seem basic enough: keep government out of boardrooms, bedrooms, and wallets, and let markets work the way they should. But what reasoning justifies those stances, and how can they be elucidated clearly and applied consistently? In Libertarianism, from A to Z, acclaimed Harvard economist Jeffrey Miron sets the record straight with a dictionary that takes the reader beyond the mere surface of libertarian thought to reveal the philosophy's underlying and compelling logic. Tackling subjects as diverse as prostitution and drugs, the financial crises and the government bailouts, the legality of abortion, and the War on Terror, Miron takes the reader on a tour of libertarian thought. He draws on consequentialist principles that balance the costs and benefits of any given government intervention, emphasizing personal liberty and free markets. Miron never flinches from following those principles to their logical and sometimes controversial ends. Along the way, readers get a charming and engaging lesson in how to think like a libertarian

Abortion ; Accountability and high-stakes testing ; Affirmative action ; Agricultural subsidies ; Anti-poverty programs ; Antitrust policy ; Arbitrary redistributions ; Arts and culture ; Asymmetric information and adverse selection -- Bank regulation and deposit insurance ; Bans on discrimination ; Budget deficits -- Campaign finance regulation ; Capital punishment ; Central banks and monetary policy ; Children ; Civil Rights Act of 1964 ; Consequential versus philosophical libertarianism ; Conservatism versus libertarianism ; Consumer protection ; Consumption taxes ; Corruption ; Cost-benefit analysis ; Criminal justice -- Democracy and capitalism ; Disaster relief ; Discrimination ; Disrespect for the law ; Drug prohibition ; Drunk driving laws -- Employee drug testing ; Employer-provided health insurance ; Endangered species ; Enforcing contracts ; Environmental policies ; Estate tax ; Externalities -- False or misleading advertising ; Federalism ; Fiscal stimulus ; Fixed versus flexible exchange rates ; Flat tax ; Foreign aid ; Funding scientific research -- Gambling ; Gays in the military ; Global warming ; Gold standard versus fiat money ; Great Depression ; Gun control -- Health care costs ; Health insurance -- Immigration -- Liberalism versus libertarianism -- Mandatory savings programs ; Marriage and civil unions ; Medications ; Minimum legal drinking age ; Minimum wages ; Moral hazard ; Morality ; Mutually beneficial exchange -- National defense ; Negative income tax ; Nuclear power -- Organ sales -- Pareto efficiency ; Partial-birth abortion ; Paternalism ; Personal income taxation ; Philosophical libertarianism ; Polarization ; Private (personal) accounts ; product liability ; Professional licensure ; Property rights ; Prostitution ; Public health campaigns ; Public schools ; Public television and radio -- Recycling ; Redistributing income ; Religion ; Roe v. Wade ; RU-486 -- Saving for retirement ; Self-reliance ; Sin taxes ; Slippery slopes ; Social Security ; Sports stadiums ; Stabilization policies ; Subsidizing education -- Taxes ; thought control ; Too big to fail ; Trade -- Unintended consequences ; Unions ; Utilitarianism -- Vouchers for education ; Vouchers versus redistribution in-cash or in-kind -- War on terror -- Zoos -- The intellectual foundations of the libertarian perspective