Law | Books

Do Markets Need Government?

Peter Leeson | Aug 26, 2008
The long-standing existence of vibrant markets under conditions of real or quasi-statelessness suggests that private ‘rules of the game’ must be possible without government. This chapter examines…

War, Wine, and Taxes: The Political Economy of Anglo-French Trade, 1689-1900

John Nye | Jul 02, 2007
In War, Wine, and Taxes, John Nye debunks the myth that Britain was a free-trade nation during and after the industrial revolution, by revealing how the British used tariffs--notably on French…

Calculation and Coordination

Peter J. Boettke | Nov 23, 2000
Calculation and Coordination explores the founding and failure of socialism and the attempts to reform and transform it in the twentieth century, focusing on the Soviet experience. It combines the…