Walter Block

Walter Block është një ekonomist i shkollës Austriake dhe teorist anarko-kapitalist. Aktualisht punon në J. A. Butt School of Business në Loyola University New Orleans.

Jeta dhe edukimi

Qalter Block ka lindur në Brooklyn, New York nga prindër izraelianë Abraham Block e Ruth Block, që mëpastaj janëpërkufizuar nga i biri si "liberal" (term që në zhargonin politik amerikan është ekuivalent me qasje të majta në ekonomi, sociale dhe socialdemokratike). Mbaroi studimet duke u diplomuar me lëvdatë në filozofi në Brooklyn College. Ph.D.-në në ekonomi i e fitoi në Columbia University duke e shkruar tezën e vet mbi kontrollin qeveritar të çmimeve.

Veprat

Autor

• Defending the Undefendable, 1976 (tr. it. Difendere l'indifendibile, Macerata: Liberilibri [1993], 2010
• A Response to the Framework Document for Amending the Combines Investigation Act, 1982
• Focus on Economics and the Canadian Bishops, 1983
• Focus on Employment Equity: A Critique of the Abella Royal Commission on Equality in Employment, 1985
• The U.S. Bishops and Their Critics: An Economic and Ethical Perspective, 1986
• Lexicon of Economic Thought, 1988
• Economic Freedom of the World, 1975-1995, 1996
• The Privatization of Roads and Highways: Human and Economic Factors, 2006

Redaktor

• Zoning: Its Costs and Relevance for the 1980s, 1980
• Rent Control: Myths & Realities, 1981
• Discrimination, Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity, 1982
• Taxation: An International Perspective, 1984
• Economics and the Environment: A Reconciliation, 1985
• Morality of the Market: Religious and Economic Perspectives, 1985
• Theology, Third World Development and Economic Justice, 1985
• Reaction: The New Combines Investigation Act, 1986
• Religion, Economics & Social Thought, 1986
• Man, Economy and Liberty: Essays in Honor of Murray N. Rothbard, 1988
• Breaking the Shackles; the Economics of Deregulation: A Comparison of U.S. and Canadian Experience, 1991
• Economic Freedom: Toward a Theory of Measurement, 1991
• Libertarian Autobiographies, prossimamente

Shiko dhe:

• Shkolla Austriake e Ekonomisë

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