Index of Subjects

A | B | C | D | E

F | G | H | I | J

K | L | M | N | O

P | Q | R | S | T

U | V | W | Y | Z

A

Academic freedom, 236

Adoption, 230

Aesthetics, 142, 148n10, 307

Affirmative action

benefits, 245

policies, 7, 256, 286, 330, 353n9

Affirmative love, 12

Agricultural Act, 58n8

AIDS, 258, 283, 296, 298

Air pollution, 31, 35–44, 50–52, 170

American Medical Association (AMA), 12–13

American National Red Cross, 180–81

Anarcho-capitalism, ix, 3

Anarchy, 60, 288

Antarctica, 23

Antitrust, 7, 14–15, 73, 346

Aral Sea, 36

Armageddon, 20

Austrian economics, 27, 230

Austrian tradition, x

Autobiography, 213

B

Balance of payments, 199–201, 204

Banking, 193, 201

Bankruptcy, 39, 88, 92, 110, 119–20, 122, 254, 278

Bargaining power, 90–93

Black Caucus, 245

Black market, 294, 296, 298

Black Muslims, 244

Blockade, 113, 117, 233

Blueshirts, 344

Book burning, 332–33, 341, 345

Boy Scouts, 244

Boycott, 8, 74–79, 95, 232, 244, 247–48

British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, 243n3

Brownies, 244

Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 37

Bureaucracy, 57, 62–64

C

Canada, 77–78, 82–86, 88–89, 98, 201, 245–46, 251

Canadian Labor Congress (CLC), 82

Canadian Public Television (CTV), 33

Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), 76–78

Capital, intellectual, 199

Capitalism, state, 74

Cargo cult, 352

Cartels, 293

Caspian Sea, 36

Catholic Bishops, 82, 310n7

Cato’s Letters, 57

Central planner, 36

Chappaquidick, 36n12

Charity, 60n9, 135n29, 180–01, 221

Chernobyl, 36

Chicago School, 40

Child labor, 89

Christian Labor Association, 97

Church, 69, 177, 231n16, 323

“Civil War,” 349–52

Collective goods, 141–42, 159–61, 163–64, 174, 180, 183, 188–89

Commodity standards, 195

Communism, 32, 37, 45, 56n5, 265, 281–82, 325–27, 343–45

Communists, 32, 34n9, 35, 45, 276, 325–27, 344, 349

Comparable worth, 7, 10–12

Congestion, 12, 108n11, 109, 111, 117, 120, 132, 151–52

Conservatives, 73–74, 284, 307–15, 331–32

Constitution, U.S., second amendment to the, 18–19

Constitutional rights, basic, 291–92

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), 62n12

Consumer welfare, xiii, 15

Corruption, 296–97

Cracow, 37

“Crowded telephone booth,” 25

Cuba, 13n13, 32, 267–68, 321, 325–28

Cuban boy controversy, 325–28

Cultural Conservatism, 307–15

Culture

criminal, 296–97

immigrant, 59–60, 66

Irish, 59–60

Czechoslovakia, 37

D

Debasement, 206

Declaration of Independence, 291

Defamation, 7, 9–10

Defending the Undefendable (Block), 99, 303, 306, 313–14

Democracy, 55–56, 63, 164, 187, 286, 324

economic, 335–36

Democratic Party, xi, 212, 343

Depression, 312

Developing countries, 231n16, 321

Difference principle, 4n2

Discrimination, 239–62

Anti-, 75n9

between men and women, 10–12, 244, 250–55, 260–62

classical liberalism and, 291–92, 259

employer, 10–12, 250

free speech and, 259

government, 245

original meaning of, 239

private racial, 240–41, 244–45, 247, 257–58

rights and, 8–9

Disequilibrium, 178

Dominant protection agency, 4n2

Drugs

elasticity of demand for, 299–300

government regulations and, 300–01

legalization of, 291–301

market and, 292–93

prohibition, 291, 294–95

war on, 298, 300–01

“Ducat,” 207, 209–10

E

Earth, 20–23, 28, 42, 225–26

Earth First!, 33

East Germany, 37

Econometrics, 171, 237

Economic freedom, 31–52, 191–93, 198, 200, 210–11, 310n7, 324

Economic goods, 3, 145

Economic laws, 108–09

Economic logic, x

Economic power, 266

Economic theory, 5n3, 66, 191

Economic tools, x

Economic warfare, 354–56

Economies of scale, 112

Education, 53–68

discouraging of private, 60

government subsidization of, 53

physical, 64

primary, 65–67

private, 54–55, 60–61, 63

public, 53, 55–67

scholarships and, 60n9

socialist, 63

Egalitarianism, xiv, 51, 61, 237, 261

Emigration, 264–65, 267–68

Eminent domain, 105, 114–16

Employment

full, 14, 200–01

illegal, 293

Environmentalism

economic freedom and, 31–52

left wing, 45

Marxist and communist background of, 32

Epistemology. Seeknowledge.

Equal Pay for Equal Work, 10, 253–55

Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value, 10

Ethics, 7, 17–18, 145, 240, 307–15

Exchange rates

fixed, 198–99

flexible, 198–201, 210

Excludability, 141–42, 162–63, 180, 182

Exploitation, 3, 7–8, 10, 92, 236, 252–53, 292

External diseconomies, 37, 141n1, 151–55

External economies, 55, 141n1, 142–50, 153, 155, 160, 163, 338

Externalities, 108n11

argument, 51–52, 65, 67, 141–89

internalization of, 38, 156, 158n23, 162, 166

negative, 37, 141n1, 149, 152–53

positive, 141n1, 143, 153, 155, 157, 339

F

Fair trade, 357–58

Fahrenheit, (Bradbury), 451, 332

Feminism, 11, 239, 245–46, 251, 255, 260–62, 319–21, 325, 352–53

Fiat currency, 194–97, 206–10, 346

“Filthy rich,” 329–30

Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), 331

Free association

law of, 75, 97, 258, 262, 285–88

right to, 258n11, 288

Free enterprise

philosophy, 51, 70

system, 22n9, 31, 32n2, 33, 35, 40, 88n18, 109, 124–26, 154, 167, 191–213, 236–37, 258, 278, 292, 310n7, 331, 343

Free goods, 145, 165–69

Free rider, 65–66, 155–59, 338–39

Free speech, 10, 75, 80, 241, 243n3, 259

Free trade, 202, 210–12, 236, 269, 271, 277, 283, 292–93

Freeman, The,331

G

Geographical Information Systems (GIS), 17–18

Germany, 37, 260, 287, 326–27, 332

“Getting something for nothing,” 336–38

Girl Guides, 244

Gold standard, 191–214, 277, 346

classical, 205

pure, 199–200

worldwide, 198–99

Great Britain, 37, 103, 146, 183, 185, 263, 287, 297, 324, 344

Group action, 179–83

Gun control, 17–29

legislation, 18–19, 24, 28

utilitarian case against, 20n5

H

Hierarchy, 85

Highways, limited access, 123–24. See also roads.

Homesteading, 18, 31, 38, 113–14, 217, 223–33, 278, 305

Hong Kong, 88, 296, 327

“Hostile takeover,” 354

Human capital, 8, 16

Human ethic, 7

“Human rights,” 239, 242–46, 255, 258–59

I

Ideas on Liberty,331

Immigration

restricted, 265, 270

unrestricted, 264, 269–84

Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), 325

Inclusive language, 320, 321, 349, 352–54

Indivisibility argument, 137–38

Inequalities, 4n2

Inflation, 62n12, 195, 199–201, 203, 205, 208–09, 212

Insider trading, 15–16

Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 98

Intersection, 120–05, 131

Iron Curtain, 45, 267

Isolability, 175–77

J

Japanese kamikaze pilots, 28

Jim Crow, 256–57

Justice

economic, 94–95

theory of, 6–7

K

Knowledge, 15–16, 92, 135

L

Labor

codes, 72, 83, 94–95

contract, 85

dispute, 72n2, 74, 83–85, 91

legislation, 93–94

market, 81, 83, 86, 90–92

organizations, 69–79, 81–95, 97–99, 273, 276, 286–87, 354

Labor-management relations, 80, 83–84, 98–99

Laissez-faire,35–36, 39n18, 47, 74, 86, 144, 191, 202, 211–12, 272, 277, 305, 329, 341

Laissez Faire Books, 307

Language

English, 353

“inclusive,” 320, 321, 349, 352–54

Marxist, 321, 330, 355

Legislation

anti-drug, 291, 298, 300–01

human rights, 242–43, 255

minimum wage, 236, 254–55, 354

pro-labor, 71–72

union, 74, 286

work, 74

“Legitimate union,” 73–76, 95

Libel, 9–10

Liberalism, classical 240–42

Libertarianism

code of non–aggression, 19, 22, 79, 217–20, 222, 264–65, 268, 282–83, 306, 329

environmentalist theory, 31–52

homesteading theory, 18, 31, 38, 113–14, 217, 223–33, 278, 305

philosophy, 19n4, 222, 231, 267, 273, 306

principle, 17n1, 24, 26–27, 93, 314, 326

property rights theory, 44, 218–19

relationship between babies and parents, 222–23, 229–33

theory of immigration, 263–84

Libertinism, 303, 307–14

Licensing

arrangements, 202

laws, 12–13

Lincoln Highway Association, 187n72

Lobbying organization, 179

M

Marginal revenue product, 88, 90, 253n7

Market failure, 15–16, 35, 37, 47, 52, 338

Market process, 110, 122, 129–30, 135

Marxists, 193, 292, 331

Mathematical economics, 176–77

McDonald’s, 45, 49–50, 79

Migration, 268–69

Minarchism, 286, 289

Minimum wage, 89, 236, 254–55, 280n41, 354

Monetary freedom, 193

Monetary policy, 202–04, 213

Money

metallic, 196n10, 205–06

paper, 194–97

“Moneyness,” 196n10, 208

Monopoly, 12, 15, 57–58, 107–08, 136–37, 141, 150n13, 182, 208–09

public, 107–8

state, 12, 58n7, 108, 150n13, 208–09

theory of, 14–15

Moral hazard, 47–48

Moscow, 45

Ms., 319–21

Multiculturalism, 239, 265, 322

N

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 139

National Road, 186

National Safety Council (NSC), 101n1, 102n6

National School Lunch Act, 58n8

National-Socialism, 13, 34, 267, 281, 326–27, 344

National wealth, 356

Neighborhood effects, 108n11, 142, 146, 149, 160, 179

Neoclassical economics, 203, 338–39

New England, 89, 351

New York City

77th Precinct of, 296

contaminated beaches of, 33

New York Times,212, 277

New Zealand, 327

Nineteen Eighty-Four, (Huxley), 77

Norris-LaGuardia Act, 94

North Korea, 32, 267, 321

Nuclear weapons, 19–22, 25–26, 28

O

Occam’s razor, 18, 91

Ontario, 82

“Opportunism,” 341–43

Optimal currency area, 200

Overbuilding, 135

Overinvestment, 145

P

Pay gap, 10–11, 250–55

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), 17

Perfect competition, 126–29, 131

Perfect information, 16n18, 127, 135

Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Corporation, 186

Picketing, 78–81, 86–87, 95

Poland, 37, 260–61

Political correctness, 239, 262, 319, 352

Pollution

air, 31, 35–44, 50

water, 36–37

Pollutants, 35–44

Positive obligations, 221–22, 227, 229, 233

Potency effect, 294–95

Praxeology, 5–7

Price Anderson Act, 40n19

Private enterprise, 36, 76, 102, 109–16, 122, 126, 148, 150, 152, 155, 166, 186, 275

Privatization, 48–51, 54, 111, 256, 279n39

“Privileged,” 330

“Profiteers,” 332

Prohibition, 294–95

Property-in-values, 4n2, 6–7, 15

Property rights

private, 4, 10, 14, 31–32, 35, 37–44, 49–51, 63, 86, 122–23, 191–92, 217–18, 235, 237, 270n17, 304, 323–25, 333, 335, 345

libertarian theory of, 4–6, 218

Proportionality thesis, 22–25

Prostitution, 241, 305–08, 311, 314

Public Choice School, 204, 321, 342

Public good, 38–39, 64–67, 141, 159–67, 169, 171, 175, 177–80, 182–83, 187–88

Public interest, 12, 143, 243

Public roads, 11, 184. See also under Roads.

Public school system, 53–67, 209, 279–80

Public sector, 19n3, 58n8, 127, 149

Q

Quebec, 83

R

“Reasonable man,” 26–29

Red states–blue states, 343–45

Rent-seeking, 40, 204–05, 321–22, 342–43

Republican Party, 343

Resources

human, 6

intellectual, 198

real, 194–97

Retaliation, 9, 162, 303

Revealed preferences, 166, 171–75

Road

accidents, 101–05

authorities, 109–10

companies, 103n9, 110–11, 113, 117, 120–25, 133–34, 156, 184–86

developer, 114–16, 154

enterprise, 109, 111

entrepreneur, 110–13, 117, 129–31, 134–35, 137, 143–44, 154, 157, 182

free market in, 105–39, 143–44, 152–60, 169, 171, 175, 183–89

government management of the, 101–03, 105, 109, 138–39, 141, 144–52, 155, 175, 187–89

industry, 109, 111, 120, 127, 129–30, 148

market, 118–36

owners, 111–18, 120, 122–29, 133, 135, 138, 143–44, 152–57

payments, 111–16, 124, 156

pricing, 111, 114–16, 127–30, 132, 144n3, 152n16, 154, 156–57, 166

private, 183–87

safety, 101–05, 111–12, 138–39

suppliers, 136–37

system, 102, 111–14, 116, 119–22, 137

transport service, 130

Roadway network, 102, 106, 120, 152. See also Roads.

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, 37

Russia, 14, 32, 36–37, 45, 58n8, 260–61, 331, 343

S

Sahara, 21n7, 23

Scab, 78–79, 81–88, 93, 95, 97–99, 286

Secession, 285–89, 349–51

Sexism, sociobiology of, 260–62

Self-ownership, 74

Side streets, 110, 124–25

Sigismund Chapel, 37

Singapore, 88, 327

Slavery, 267–68, 285, 287–89, 291–92, 351

Social assimilation, 53, 264–65

Social costs, divergence between private and, 36, 38, 40

Social judgment, 163–64

Social Justice, 69, 235–37, 322–23

Social problems, 251

Socialism, 32, 35–36, 51, 73n4, 235–36

road, 346

voluntary, 73n4

Socialist, economy, 36

South Africa, 77, 247, 248n6, 256n9

South Korea, 88, 268

Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.), 14, 36–67, 45, 58n8, 260–61, 331, 343

Sri Lanka, 245

“Stakeholder,” 335–36

Starship Troopers, (Heinlein), 20, 25n11

State capitalism, 74

Statistics, 62n15, 169, 183–85, 250, 252

Subjectivism, 27, 230

Sweat shops, 87–90

T

Taft-Hartley Act, 74

Taiwan, 88

Tax subsidies, 323

Taxation, 47, 55, 60–64, 147n9, 155–56, 158, 163–64, 179, 186, 255, 298, 323, 347–468

Three Mile Island, 36n12

Toll gates, 112–13

Totalitarianism, 45, 268–69, 272, 281n44, 326

“Tradeable emission rights” (TERs), 40

Tradition, morality and, 309–10

Traffic

accidents, 101–05

jams, 105, 151–52

signals, 111, 123, 125

U

“Ultra,” 331–32

Underinvestment, 144–45, 153–54, 175

“Unearned income,” 331

Unemployment, 88–89, 200–01, 254–55, 265, 273, 354

forced, 254

institutional, 71

Unionism

coercive, 70–73, 78, 81–82, 86–88, 93, 95

conservatives and, 73–74

illegitimate, 70, 72–73, 78–81

legitimate, 70, 72–78, 95

libertarians and, 70, 73–75, 79–80, 93, 99

moral and religious defense of, 82, 84n14

noninvasive, 70, 72, 79, 82n13

voluntary, 70, 72–75, 82n13, 88, 93

Unions. SeeUnionism.

United Way, 180

U.S. Department of Defense, 37

U.S. Department of Education, 61–62

U.S. Government, 37, 40–41, 47, 52, 56–62, 64–67, 78, 94, 98, 101–02, 288–89, 294, 298–301

U.S. House of Representatives, 245

U.S. National Park Service, 33

U.S. Supreme Court, 60

U.S. welfare policy, 88, 222, 275–76, 280

V

Value

economic, 48n30

-free, 145, 158, 167, 180

labor theory of, 223n3

land, 4–7, 13–14, 115, 144, 154–55

-loss, 8

Vancouver City, 76, 84

Volga River, 36

Voluntary association, 70–71

Voluntary cooperation, 193–94, 197

“Voluntary taxation,” 347–48

W

“Wageer,” 332

Wagner-Taft-Hartley Act, 94

Well-being

economic, 8, 179, 211, 260

of minority groups, 248

Wertfrei,158

West Virginia, 88n19

Wilderness Society, 33

World War II, 28

Y

Yellowstone Park, 37

Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), 244

Young Men’s Hebrew Association, 244

Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA), 245

Young Women’s Hebrew Association, 244

Z

Zoning, 13–14