Political Economy, Concisely: Essays on Policy That Does Not Work and Markets That Do

Anthony de Jasay is arguably one of the most independent thinkers and influential libertarian political philosophers of our time. Through his writings he challenges the reigning paradigms of modern democratic government, providing an antidote to the well-intentioned yet, in Jasay's opinion, na?ve advocacy of expanded state power. As part of the series The Collected Papers of Anthony de Jasay, this volume introduces readers to Jasay's no-nonsense approach to contemporary economics and provides…