Peter T. Leeson

Anarchy Unbound

Why Self-Governance Works Better Than You Think

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Produktbeschreibung

In Anarchy Unbound, Peter T. Leeson uses rational choice theory to explore the benefits of self-governance.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 593g
• ISBN-13: 9781107025806
• ISBN-10: 110702580X
• Artikelnr.: 40626696

Autorenporträt

Peter T. Leeson is a Professor of Economics and BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism at George Mason University, Virginia. He is also the North American editor of Public Choice. Previously, he was a Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, the F. A. Hayek Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Visiting Fellow in Political Economy at Harvard University, Massachusetts. Professor Leeson is the author of The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates (2009) and a recipient of the Fund for the Study of Spontaneous Order's Hayek Prize, which he received for his research on self-governance.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Anarchy unbound
Part I. Self-Governance and the Problem of Social Diversity: 2. Social distance and self-enforcing exchange
3. The laws of lawlessness
Part II. Self-Governance and the Problem of Violence: 4. Trading with bandits
5. Efficient plunder
Part III. Social-Governance and the Problem of 'Bad Apples': 6. Pirates' private order
7. Criminal constitutions
Part IV. Self-Governance as Superior to the State: 8. Efficient anarchy
9. Better off stateless
10. An argument for anarchy in LDCs
11. A future for thinking about self-governance.