Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
266
Language
English
Published
Feb 1, 2008
Publisher
Institute of Economic Affairs
ISBN-10
0255365853
ISBN-13
9780255365857
Description
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 contributors 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.