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Description of Prohibitions

This collection of essays examines those areas where the freedom of individual men and women to voluntarily engage in mutually advantageous exchanges is prohibited or restricted by government. The authors critically examine the economic and philosophical rationale for the prohibition of alcohol, the sale of body parts, medicinal drugs, pornography, prostitution, recreational drugs, tobacco and trade in endangered species, among other topics.

Title Information

ISBN:

9780255365857

Pages:

270 pages

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

241380

Publisher:

Institute of Economic Affairs

Published:

01/03/2008

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About John Meadowcroft (Editor)

Dr John Meadowcroft is Lecturer in Public Policy at King's College London.

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