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Walter Block Publications
This page provides links to online Block publications, and information on selected other publications (e.g., some books). More comprehensive lists are linked immediately below.
JUMPS
Books (Selected)
Defending the Undefendable:
The Pimp, Prostitute, Scab, Slumlord, Libeler, Moneylender, and Other Scapegoats
in the Rogue's Gallery of American Society (New York: Fleet Press, first printing 1976, second printing 1980, third printing 1985; New York: Fox and Wilkes, fourth printing, 1991).
Media (Selected)
Recently Added/Unsorted
Recent/Selected Articles
- Coase And Kelo: Ominous Parallels and Reply to Lott on Rothbard on Coase,
Whittier L. Rev, 27:4 (2006): 997-1022
- Federalism (with Stephan Kinsella), LewRockwell.com, May 25, 2005
- Now online: The Block-Epstein debate (audio)
- Road Socialism, International Journal of
Value-Based Management, 9 (1996): 195-207
- Compromising the Uncompromisable: Speed Limits, Parades,
Cigarettes, Asian Economic Review, Vol. 40, No. 1 (April 1998): pp. 15-29
- Theories of Highway Safety, Transportation Research Record, #912, pp. 7-10
Article Archives Online
Online Articles (by JEL Classification)
General Economics and Teaching
General Economics
Role of Economics; Role of Economists; Market for Economists
- Horton,Marshall and Walter Block, "Was Marx an Adjunct? An Analysis of the Proposition that Part-time Faculty are Economically Exploited," Texas Education Review, Vol. 1, No. IV, Winter 2002, pp. 43-46
- McGee, Robert W. and Walter Block, "Academic Tenure: A Law and Economics Analysis," Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 14, No. 2, Spring 1991, pp. 545-563.
Relation of Economics to Social Values
- Block, Walter, 1/26/04, �Social Justice�
- Block, Walter, 5/30/00, �Social Justice, Rights and Isolationism�
- Block, Walter, "On Value Freedom in Economics," The American Economist, Vol. 19, Spring 1975, pp. 38-41
Sociology in Economics
Economics Education and Teaching of Economics
- Block, Walter, 2/21/00, "Watch Your Language"
- Block, Walter, 4/1/00, "Taking Back the Language"
- Block, Walter, 4/20/00, "Word Watch"
- Block, Walter, "Some Random Thought on Teaching University Economics,"
College Student Journal: A Journal Pertaining to College Students, Vol. 33, No. 4, December 1999, pp. 531-533
- Goolsby, Jerry R. and Walter Block, "Education and Bureaucracy: National Testing and
School Privatization" Texas Education Review, Winter 2003-04 (cached copy)
History of Economic Thought and Methodology
History of Thought: Individuals
- Block Walter, 12/4/02, "How I Became a Libertarian"
- Block, Walter, "Henry Simons is Not a Supporter of Free Enterprise,"
Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 16, No. 4, Fall 2002, pp. 3-36
- Block, Walter, January 2000, "Murray n. Rothbard: Living a Life of Principle"
Economic Methodology
- Block, Walter, "Realism: Austrian vs. Neoclassical Economics: Reply to Caplan," Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, Vol. 6, No. 3, Fall 2003, pp. 63-76
- Block, Walter, "Efficiency, Individualism, Praxeology and Law: Reply to Lawson,"
The Asian Economic Review, Vol. 42, No. 1, April 2000, pp. 172-182
- Block, Walter,
"Austrian Theorizing: Recalling the Foundations," Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, Vol. 2, No. 4, Winter 1999, pp. 21-39
- Block, Walter,
"Comment on Leland Yeager on Subjectivism," Review of Austrian Economics, Vol. II, 1988, pp. 199-208
- Block, Walter, "A Comment on 'Towards an Economic Theory of Methodology' by Professor Gerard Radnitzky,"
Methodology and Science, vol. XIX, No. 2, 1986, pp. 148-152
- Block, Walter, "On Robert Nozick's 'On Austrian Methodology'" Inquiry, Vol. 23, No. 4, Fall 1980, pp. 397-444
- Block, Walter,
"A Comment on 'The Extraordinary Claim of Praxeology,' by Professor Gutierrez," Theory and Decision, Vol. 3, No. 4 June 1973, pp. 377-387
Mathematical and Quantitative Methods
Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics
Microeconomics
- Block, Walter, "The Discounted Marginal Value Product - Marginal Value Product Controversy: A Note," Review of Austrian Economics, Vol. IV, 1990, pp. 199-207.
- Block, Walter,
"Professor Modigliani on price controls: the baleful influence of the perfectly competitive model," International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 22, No. 5, 1995, pp. 27-30
- Block, Walter, "An Economic View of Speculation," University of British Columbia Business Review, 1983, pp. 9-17
Market Structure and Pricing
Perfect Competition
Welfare Economics
- Block, Walter, "Transfers in Kind: Why They Can be Efficient and Nonpaternalistic- Comment,"
International Journal of Value Based Management, 2001, pp. 191-199
- Block, Walter,
"Controversy: Do Market Economies Allocate Resources Optimally? A Response to Murphey," The Journal of Markets and Morality, Vol. 2, No. 2, Fall 1999, pp. 279-289, 297-306
Ronald Coase and Social Cost
- Block, Walter, "Private Property Rights, Erroneous Interpretations, Morality and Economics: Reply to Demsetz," Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, Vol. 3, No. 1, Spring 2000, pp. 63-78
- Block, Walter,
"O.J.'s Defense: A Reductio Ad Absurdum of the Economics of Ronald Coase and Richard Posner," European Journal of Law and Economics, 1996, Vol. 3, pp. 265-286
- Block, Walter, "Ethics, Efficiency, Coasean Property Rights and Psychic Income: A Reply to Demsetz," Review of Austrian Economics, Vol. 8, No. 2, 1995, pp. 61-125
- Block, Walter, "Coase and Demsetz on Private Property Rights," The Journal of Libertarian Studies: An Interdisciplinary Review, Vol. I, No. 2, Spring 1977, pp. 111-115.
Analysis of Collective Decision-Making
Constitutional Economics
- DiLorenzo, Tom and Walter Block,
"Constitutional Economics and the Calculus of Consent," The Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 15, No. 3, Summer 2001, pp. 37-56
- Block, Walter and Tom DiLorenzo,
"The Calculus of Consent Revisited" (local copy) Public Finance and Management, Vol. 1, No. 3, electronic journal
- Block, Walter and Tom DiLorenzo, "Is Voluntary Government Possible? A Critique of Constitutional Economics,"
Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Vol. 156, No. 4, December 2000, pp. 567-582
Economic Models of Political Processes: Elections, Legislatures and Voting Behavior
- Block, Walter, 7/8/04, "Listen, Kerry!"
- Block, Walter, 6/28/04, "If You Have to Vote for a President"
- Block, Walter, 7/9/02, "The Evil of Term Limits"
Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics
Prices, Business Fluctuations and Cycles
- Block, Walter,
"Yes, We Have No Chaff: A Reply to Wagner's 'Austrian Business Cycle Theory: Saving the Wheat While Discarding the Chaff," Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, Vol. 4, No. 1, Spring 2001, pp. 63-73
- Professor Tullock on Austrian Business Cycle Theory - Advances in Austrian Economics, Vol 8, pp 431 - 443 (with Barnett)
- Block, Walter, and Kenneth Garshchina, "Hayek, Business Cycles and Fractional Reserve Banking: Continuing the De-Homogenization Process," Review of Austrian Economics, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1996, pp. 77-94
Money and Interest Rates
- Barnett, William and Walter Block. 2006. �On exchange, monetary
credit transactions, barter, time preference,
interest rates, and productivity.� [local copy] Etica e Politica / Ethics & Politics; Vol. VIII, No. 2, pp. 116-126;
- Block, Walter, "The Negative Rate of Interest: Toward a Taxonomic Critique," The Journal of Libertarian Studies: An Interdisciplinary Review, Vol. II, No. 2, Summer 1978, pp. 121-124.
- Ayn Rand and Austrian Economics Two Peas in a Pod, Journal of Ayn Rand Studies - Vol 6, No 2, Spring 2005, pp 259 - 269
Monetary Policy, Central Banking and the Supply of Money and Credit
- Barnett, William and Walter Block, "On the Optimum Quantity of Money,"
Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2004, pp. 39-52
- Block, Walter, 1/10/03, "Private Enterprisers and the Dallas Fed"
- Block, Walter, 1/16/03,
- Block, Walter, 8/26/01, "Keep the Penny, Ditch the Fed," New Orleans Times Picayune, p. B-7; reprinted in "Freedom News Daily", 8/30/01
- Hoppe, Hans-Hermann, with Guido Hulsmann and Walter Block, "Against Fiduciary Media,"
Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 19-50
International Economics
Trade
- Dreuil, Emile, James Anderson, Walter Block and Michael Saliba, "The Trade Gap: The Fallacy of Anti World Trade Sentiment," Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 45, No. 3, July 2003, pp. 269-281
- Block, Walter, "Optimal Export Policy for a New Product Monopoly," Cross Cultural Management, Vol. 6, No. 2, 1999, pp. 29-32
- Block, Walter, Joseph Horton and Debbie Walker, "The Necessity of Free Trade,"
Journal of Markets and Morality, Vol. 1, No. 2, October 1998, pp. 192-200
- Yoon, Yeoman, Robert McGee and Walter Block, "Do We Need Protectionism?," Asian Economic Review, Vol. 39, 1997
- McGee, Robert W. and Walter Block, "Ethical Aspects of Initiating Anti Dumping Actions,"
International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 24, No. 6, pp. 599-608
- Block, Walter and Robert W. McGee, "Must Protectionism Violate Rights?," International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 24, No. 4, 1997, pp. 393-407
International Migration
- Block, Walter, 2004, "The State Was a Mistake,"
Book Review of Hoppe, Hans-Hermann, Democracy, The God that Failed: The Economics and Politics of Monarchy, Democracy and Natural Order, 2001
- Block, Walter & Gene Callahan,
"Is There A Right to Immigration? A Libertarian Perspective," Human Rights Review, Vol. 5, No. 1, October-December 2003, pp. 46-71
- Block, Walter,
"A Libertarian Case for Free Immigration," Journal of Libertarian Studies: An Interdisciplinary Review, Vol. 13, No. 2, Summer 1998, pp. 167-186
International Finance
- Block, Walter, "The Gold Standard: A Critique of Friedman, Mundell, Hayek, Greenspan," Managerial Finance, Vol. 25, No. 5, 1999, pp. 15-33
Financial Economics
- Block, Walter, William Kordsmeier and Joseph Horton, "The Failure of Public Finance,"
Journal of Accounting, Ethics, and Public Policy, Vol. 2, No. 1, Winter 1999, pp. 42-69
Public Economics
Structure and Scope of Government
- Block, Walter, Radical Libertarianism: Applying Libertarian Principles
to Dealing with the Unjust Government, Parts I & II, (Spring 2006 & Fall 2004)
- Block, Walter, 8/21/04, "Libertarianism and 'Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'n' Roll'"
- Block, Walter, "Decentralization, Subsidiarity, Rodney King and State Deification,"
European Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 16, No. 2, November 2003, pp. 139-147
- Block, Walter, 2/17/03, "The Non-Agression Axiom of Libertarianism"
- Block, Walter and William Barnett, 7/12/03, "Voluntary Taxes: Abusive Language and Politicians"
- Block, Walter, 6/10/02, "A Libertarian Theory of Secession and Slavery"
- Block, Walter, 7/9/02, "Secession"
- Block, Walter, 7/18/02, "Market vs. State"
- Block, Walter, "The Libertarian Minimal State? A critique of the views of Nozick, Levin and Rand," Journal of Ayn Rand Studies, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2002, pp. 141-160
- Block, Walter, "All Government is Excessive: A Rejoinder to 'In Defense of Excessive Government' by Dwight Lee," Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 16, No. 3, 2002, pp. 35-82
Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
- Block, Walter, "Taxes and the Structure of Production," Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice, Vol. XVII, Nos. 2-3, 1998, pp. 145-159
- Block, Walter, "Reply to Hill and Rushton on Public Finance," Canadian Public Administration, Vol. 38, No. 3, Fall 1995, pp. 485-486
- Block, Walter, "Canadian Public Finance Texts Cannot Justify Government Taxation: A Critique of Auld & Miller; Musgrave & Bird; McCready; and Wolf,"
Canadian Public Administration, Vol. 36, No. 2, Fall 1993, pp. 225-262
- Block, Walter, "Comment on McCready and Maloney on Wealth Taxation,"
Canadian Public Administration, Vol. 35, No. 4, Winter 1992, pp. 542-548
- Block, Walter, "The Justification of Taxation in the Public Finance Literature: An Unorthodox View,"
Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice, No. 3, Fall 1989, pp. 141-158
National Government Expenditures and Related Policies
Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
- Block, Walter, "The Moral Dimensions of Poverty, Entitlements and Theft,"
The Journal of Markets and Morality, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2001, pp. 83-93
- LaBletta, Nicole and Walter Block, "The Restoration of the American Dream: A Case for Abolishing Welfare," Humanomics, Vol. 15, No. 4, 1999, pp. 55-65
- Block, Walter, "Analyzing the Welfare System: The Excessive Influence of Government,"
delivered to the School of Social Work, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C.; reprinted in Vital Speeches of the Day, Vol. LV, No. 11, March 15, 1989
- Block, Walter, "Social Welfare in Canada: The Case for Selectivity," Canadian Social Work Review, 1983, pp. 25-32
- "Social Welfare in Canada: The Case for Selectivity," Canadian Social
Work Review, pp. 25-32 (1983)
National Security and War
- Block, Walter, 4/5/04, "Thirteenth Floors"
- Block, Walter, 1/11/03, "Bloodthirsty 'Libertarians'"
- Block, Walter, 1/6/03, "Libertarian Warmongers"
- Block, Walter, 6/19/02, "St. Abraham's War and Current Foreign Policy"
- Block, Walter, 6/28/01, "Jonah Goldberg and the Libertarian Axiom on Non-Agression"
Health, Education and Welfare
Analysis of Health Care Markets
- Block Walter, "Socialized Medicine is the Problem," Ideas on Liberty, December 2001
- Johnson, Clint, Walter Block and Thomas Oxner, "Notes on Health Care Financing and Free Markets,"
Journal of Accounting, Ethics, and Public Policy, Vol. 1, No. 3, Summer 1998, pp. 488-502
Government Education Policy
- Whitehead, Roy and Walter Block,
"Direct Payment of State Scholarship Funds to Church-Related Colleges Offends the Constitution and Title VI," Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2000, pp. 191-207
- Young, Andrew and Walter Block, "Enterprising Education: Doing Away with the Public School System,"
International Journal of Value Based Management, Vol. 12, No. 3, 1999, pp. 195-207
- Whitehead, Roy and Walter Block, "Mandatory Student Fees: Forcing Some to Pay for the Free Speech of Others," Whittier Law Review, Vol. 20, No. 4, 1999, pp. 759-781
Labor and Demographic Economics
Demographic Economics
- Block, Walter, 9/3/03, "Silver Lining Part IV: Term Limits and Female Politicians"
- Block, Walter, 5/24/03, "Female Golfer"
- Whitehead, Roy and Walter Block,
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: A Property Rights Perspective," University of Utah Journal of Law and Family Studies, Vol. 4, 2002, pp. 226-263
- Block, Walter, 6/6/02, "Take Our Daughters to Work Day"
- Whitehead, Roy and Walter Block, "Gender Equity in Athletics: Should We Adopt a Non-Discriminatory Model?," (with Lu Hardin), The University of Toledo Law Review, Vol. 30, No. 2, Winter 1999, pp. 223-249
- Block, Walter and Walter E. Williams, "Male-Female Earnings Differentials: A Critical Reappraisal," The Journal of Labor Research, Vol. II, No. 2, Fall 1991, pp.385-388
Time Allocation, Work Behavior, and Employment Determination and Creation
- Block, Walter and Robert Murphy, "The Economics of the Very Long Run," Homo Oeconomicus, Vol. XIX, No. 4, 2003, pp. 507-517
- Anderson, Gary M. and Walter Block, "Procrastination and Obedience: A Reply to Akerlof," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, vol. 54, No. 2, April 1995, pp. 201-215;
abstracted in Sage Public Administration Abstracts, Vol. 22, No. 3, October 1995, p. 411
- Block, Walter, "Protest!(For No Good Reason)," The Free Market, May 2000, Vol. 18, No. 5
Particular Labor Markets
Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining
- Block, Walter, 1/1/04, "Is There a Right to Unionize?"
- Block, Walter, 1/5/04, "Unionism II"
- Evans, Jason and Walter Block, "Labor Union Policies: Gains or Pains?," Cross Cultural Management, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 71-79
- Block, Walter, "Labor Relations, Unions and Collective Bargaining: A Political Economic Analysis,"
Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Vol. 16, No. 4, Winter 1991, pp. 477-507
Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies
- Block, Walter, 3/9/04, "A Primer on Jobs and the Jobless"
- Block, Walter. 8/11/84. �Work sharing won�t bring solution to unemployment,� The Financial Post.
- Block, Walter. 1988. "How the Market Creates Jobs and How the Government Destroys Them," The Free Market, May; translated into Spanish as "El mercado crea trabajos, el gobierno los destruye," in El Siglo, Dominican Republic, 12 March 1991, p. 8B; also in "Murray N. Rothbard: Giant of Liberty (with Llewellyn Rockwell)," "Privatize the Roads," "The Case for a Free Market in Body Parts," Essays in the Economics of Liberty: The Free Market Reader, Llewellyn Rockwell, ed., California: The Ludwig von Mises Institute, pp. 65-70, 195-199, 266-272.
- Block, Walter, "The Minimum Wage: A Reply to Card and Krueger," Journal of The Tennessee Economics Association, Spring 2001
- McCormick, Paul and Walter Block, "The Minimum Wage: Does it Really Help Workers?,"
Southern Connecticut State University Business Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2, Fall/Spring 2000, pp. 77-80
- Block, Walter, "Heritage Stumbles on Minimum Wage," The Free Market, October 2000, Vol. 18, No. 10
- Block, Walter, "Labor Market Disputes: A Comment on Albert Rees' 'Fairness in Wage Distribution,'" Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 1996, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 217-230
- Block, Walter. 8/17/85. �Minimum wage law no help to unskilled,� The Financial Post
- Block, Walter, "Worker's Compensation and Unemployment Insurance in the U.S. and Canada: A Comment on John Burton and Terry Thomason, Chris Bruce and Frank Atkins, Particia M. Anderson and Bruce Meyer, David Green and Craig Riddell,"
The Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 11, No. 1, Part 2, January 1993, pp. S305-S326
- Anderson, Gary M. and Walter Block,
"Guaranteed Annual Unemployment: A Comment on Derek Hum and Wayne Simpson," The Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 11, No. 1, Part 2, January 1993, pp. S348-S363
Discrimination
- Whitehead, Roy and Walter Block, "Should the Government be Allowed to Engage in Racial, Sexual, or Other Acts of Discrimination?,"
Northern Illinois University Law Review, Vol. 22, No. 1, Fall 2001, pp. 53-84
- Block, Walter, "Compromising the Uncompromisable: Discrimination," American J. Econ. & Sociology, Vol. 57, No. 2, April, 1998, pp. 223-237
- Block, Walter, "Discrimination: An Interdisciplinary Analysis,"
The Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 11, 1992, pp. 241-254
Law and Economics
Basic Areas of Law
Contract Law
- Clay, Megan and Walter Block, "A Free Market for Human Organs," The Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies,
Vol. 27, No. 2, Summer 2000, pp. 227-236
- Block, Walter, "Human Organ Transplantation: Economic and Legal Issues,"
Quinnipiac College School of Law Health Journal, Vol. 3, 2000, pp. 87-110
Criminal Law
- Block, Walter, 2000, Toward a Libertarian Theory of Guilt and Punishment for the Crime of Statism,
presented at the The Rise and Fall of the State seminar, Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn, AL, Auburn University, Oct. 6, 2000
- Block, Walter, 2003, "Taking the Assets of Criminals to Compensate Victims of Violence: A Legal and Philosophical Approach" (with Roy Whitehead), J. Law in Soc., vol. 5:229
- Block, Walter, 11/11/03, "The Death Penalty"
- Block, Walter, 5/24/02, "Celebrities Actively Engaged in Legalized Theft"
Gun Control
Blackmail
- Block, Walter. 2002-2003. �Berman on Blackmail: Taking Motives Fervently,� Florida State University Business Review, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 57-114
- Block, Walter, "The Logic of the Argument in Behalf of Legalizing Blackmail,"
Bracton Law Journal, Vol. 33, 2001, pp.56-80
- Block, Walter and Gary Anderson, "Blackmail, Extortion, and Exchange,"
New York Law School Law Review, Vol. 44, No. 3-4, 2001, pp. 541-561
- Block, Walter,
"Toward a Libertarian Theory of Blackmail," Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 15, No. 2, Winter 2001, pp. 55-88.
- Block, Walter, "Blackmail is Private Justice,"
University of British Columbia Law Review, Vol. 34, No. 1, 2000, pp. 11-37
- Block, Walter, "Reply to Wexler: Libertarianism, Blackmail, and Decency,"
University of British Columbia Law Review, Vol. 34, No. 1, 2000, pp.49-53
- Block, Walter,
"Threats, Blackmail, Extortion and Robbery and Other Bad Things," University of Tulsa Law Journal, Vol. 35, No. 2, Winter 2000, pp. 333-351
- Block, Walter, Stephan Kinsella, and H. H. Hoppe, "The Second Paradox of Blackmail,"
Business Ethics Quarterly, Vol. 10, No. 3, July 2000, pp. 593-622
- Block, Walter, "The Legalization of Blackmail: A Reply to Professor Gordon," Seton Hall Law Review, Vol. 30, No. 4, 2000, pp. 1182-1223
- Block, Walter,
"Blackmailing for Mutual Good: A Reply to Russell Hardin," Vermont Law Review, Vol. 24, No. 1, Fall 1999, pp. 121-141
- Block, Walter, "The Crime of Blackmail: A Libertarian Critique," Criminal Justice Ethics, Vol. 18, No. 2, Summer/Fall 1999, pp. 3-10
- Block, Walter, "Replies to Levin and Kipnis on Blackmail," Criminal Justice Ethics, Vol. 18, No. 2, Summer/Fall 1999, pp. 23-28
- Block, Walter, "Blackmail and Economic Analysis,"
Thomas Jefferson Law Review, Vol. 21, No. 2, October 1999, pp. 165-192
- Block, Walter, "Blackmail as a Victimless Crime," with Robert McGee, Bracton Law Journal, Vol. 31, 1999, pp. 24-28
- Block, Walter, "Blackmail from A to Z: A Reply to Joseph Isenbergh's 'Blackmail from A to C,'"
Mercer Law Review, Vol. 50, No. 2, Winter 1999, pp. 569-601
- Block, Walter, "A Libertarian Theory of Blackmail: Reply to Leo Katz's 'Blackmail and Other Forms of Arm-Twisting,'"
Irish Jurist, Vol. XXXIII, 1998, pp.280-310
- Block, Walter, "The Case for De-Criminalizing Blackmail: A Reply to Lindgren and Campbell,"
Western State University Law Review, Vol. 24, No. 2, Spring 1997, pp.225-246
- Block, Walter,
"Trading Money for Silence," University of Hawaii Law Review, Vol. 8, No. 1, Spring 1986, pp. 57-73
- Block, Walter,
"Extortion and the Exercise of Free Speech Rights: A Reply to Professors Posner, Epstein, Nozick and Lindgren," Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, Vol. 19, No. 1, November 1985, pp. 37-54
Abortion Issues
- Block, Walter, and Roy Whitehead, Compromising the Uncompromisable: A Private
Property Rights Approach to Resolving the Abortion Controversy," Appalachian Law Review (2005) 4 (2) 1-45
- Block, Walter, "Libertarianism, Positive Obligations and Property Abandonment: Children's Rights," International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 31, No. 3, 2004, pp.275-286
- Block, Walter, 9/3/01, "Stem Cell Research: The Libertarian Compromise"
Regulation and Business Law
- Block, Walter, "Toward a Libertarian Theory of Inalienability: A Critique of Rothbard, Barnett, Gordon, Smith, Kinsella and Epstein,"
Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 17, No. 2, Spring 2003, pp. 39-85
- Block, Walter, "Alienability, Inalienability, Paternalism and the Law: Reply to Kronman," American Journal of Criminal Law, Vol. 28, No. 3, Summer 2001, pp. 351-371
- Block, Walter, "Market Inalienability Once Again: Reply to Radin," Thomas Jefferson Law Journal, Vol. 22, No. 1, Fall 1999, pp. 37-88
Other Substantive Areas of Law
- The Paradox of Coase as a Defender of Free Markets - NYU Journal of Law & Liberty, Vol 1, No. 3 - pp 1075 - 1095 (with William Barnett, II and Gene Callahan)
- Tinsley, Patrick, N. Stephan Kinsella and Walter Block. 2004. "In Defense of Evidence and
Against the Exclusionary Rule: A Libertarian Approach" Southern University Law Review, Vo. 32, No. 1, Fall, pp. 63-80
- Federalism (with Stephan Kinsella), LewRockwell.com, May 25, 2005
- Block, Walter, 8/11/03, "A Silver Lining in Drug Legalization"
- Block, Walter, 7/12/02, "The Libertarian Case for Drug Prohibition"
- Cussen, Meaghan and Walter Block,
"Legalize Drugs Now! An Analysis of the Benefits of Legalized Drugs," American J. Econ. & Sociology, Vol. 59, No. 3, July 2000, pp. 525-536
- Block, Walter,
"Drug Prohibition, Individual Virtue and Positive Economics," Review of Political Economy, October 1996, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp.433-436
- Block, Walter, "Drug Prohibition: A Legal and Economic Analysis," Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 12, 1993, pp. 689-700
Industrial Organization
General
Comparison of Public and Private Enterprises; Privatization
Antitrust Policy
- Anderson, William, Walter Block, Thomas J. DiLorenzo, Ilana Mercer, Leon Snyman and Christopher Westley, "The Microsoft Corporation in Collision with Antitrust Law,"
The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Vol. 26, No. 1, Winter 2001, pp. 287-302
- Block, Walter, "Total Repeal of Anti-trust Legislation: A Critique of Bork, Brozen and Posner," Review of Austrian Economics, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1994, pp. 31-64.
- Block, Walter, "Austrian Monopoly Theory -- a Critique," The Journal of Libertarian Studies: An Interdisciplinary Review, Vol. I, No. 4, Fall 1977, pp. 271-279.
Regulation and Industrial Policy
- McGee, Robert W. and Walter Block, "Information, Privilege, Opportunity, and Insider Trading,"
Northern Illinois University Law Review, December 1989, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 1-35
- Block, Walter, Robert W. McGee and Kristin Spissinger, "No Policy is Good Policy: A Radical Proposal for U.S. Industrial Policy," Glendale Law Review, Vol. 17, No. 1, 1999, pp. 47-58
Industry Studies: Services
Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities
- Dirmeyer, Jenny, Fred Tulley and Walter Block, "Should Airlines be Subsidized in an Emergency? The Libertarian View,"
The Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies, Spring 2002, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 65-81
Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting
Business Administration
- Block, Walter, "Cyberslacking, Business Ethics and Managerial Economics," Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2001, pp. 225-231
- Block, Walter,
"Comment on Canice Prendergast's 'A Theory of "Yesmen",'" Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, Vol. 4, No. 2, Summer 2001, pp. 61-68
Marketing and Advertising
- Block, Walter, William Barnett II and Stuart Wood,
"Austrian Economics, Neoclassical Economics, Marketing and Finance," Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, Summer 2002, Vol. V, no. 2, pp. 51-66
- Block, Walter, "Coordination Economies, Advertising and Search Behavior in Retail Market by Bagwell and Ramey: A Comment," Cross Cultural Management, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2003, pp. 80-86;
International Journal of Value Based Management, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2003, pp. 67-73
- Block, Walter, "Tobacco Advertising," International Journal of Value Based Management, Vol. 10, No. 3, May 1997, pp. 221-235
Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth
Economic Development
Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity
- Block, Walter, 7/21/04, "Open Letter to the International Justice Mission"
- Block, Walter, "Is Inequality Harmful for Growth?," Humanomics, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2000, pp. 52-58
Economy-wide Country Studies
- Walter Block, "Paul Craig Roberts on empirical measures
of economic freedom: a rejoinder,"
International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 33, No. 7, 2006, pp. 481-90
- Lawson, Robert and Walter Block, "Government Decentralization and Economic Freedom,"
The Asian Economic Review, Vol. 38, No. 3, December 1996, pp. 421-434
- Block, Walter, "Government Intervention: What Price Progress in Canada?",
delivered to the Progressive Conservative Party Conference, Vancouver, B.C.; reprinted in Vital Speeches of the Day, Vol. XLVII, No. 20, August 1, 1981, pp. 622-628
- Miller, James T. and Walter Block, "Broken Windows: A Perspective on the Japanese Economy," Asian Economic Review, Vol. 44, No. 1, 2002, pp. 20-25
- Yoon, Yeomin, Robert W. McGee and Walter Block, "Antidumping and the People's Republic of China: Five Case Studies," Asian Economic Review, Vol. 41, No. 2, August 1999, pp. 208-217
Economic Systems
Capitalist Systems
Property Rights
- Block v. Epstein Debate on Eminent Domain, NYU Journal of Law and Liberty, Vol 1, No 3, pp 1144 - 1169 (with Epstein; moderated by Huebert)
- Space Environmentalism, Property Rights, and the Law (with J.H. Huebert)
- Hoppe, Hans-Hermann and Walter Block, "Property and Exploitation," International Journal of Value Based Management, Vol. 15, No. 3, 2002, pp. 225-236
- Block, Walter. "Homesteading City Streets; An Exercise in Managerial Theory," Planning and Markets, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 18-23
- Block, Walter, "On Reparations to Blacks for Slavery," Human Rights Review, Vol. 3, No. 4, July-September 2002, pp. 53-73
- Block, Walter and Guillermo Yeatts, "The Economics and Ethics of Land Reform: A Critique of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace's 'Toward a Better Distribution of Land: The Challenge of Agrarian Reform,'"
Journal of Natural Resources and Environmental Law, Vol. 15, No. 1, 2000, pp. 37-69
- Block, Walter, "Earning Happiness Through Homesteading Unowned Land: a comment on 'Buying Misery with Federal Land' by Richard Stroup,"
Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Vol. 15, No. 2, Summer 1990, pp. 237-253
Political Economy
- Block, Walter, "Libertarianism vs. Objectivism: A Response to Peter Schwartz," Reason Papers, Vol. 26, Summer 2003, pp. 39-62
- Block, Walter, 9/4/01, "Compassionate Conservatism"
- Block, Walter,
"Hayek's Road to Serfdom," Journal of Libertarian Studies: An Interdisciplinary Review, Vol. 12, No. 2, Fall 1996, pp. 327-350
- Block, Walter, "L'economie Politique Selon les Libertarians," (English Translation: "A Libertarian Perspective on Political Economy")
Journal Des Economistes Et Des Etudes Humanes, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1995, pp. 121-151
- Block, Walter,
"Libertarianism vs. Libertinism," Journal of Libertarian Studies: An Interdisciplinary Review, Vol. 11, No. 1, 1994, pp. 117-128
Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies
Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics
Renewable Resources and Conservation; Environmental Management
- Block, Walter, 9/20/04, "Me and hurricane Ivan"
- Whitehead, Roy and Walter Block, "Environmental Takings of Private Water Rights: the Case for Full Water Privatization,"
Environmental Law Reporter, October 2002, pp. 11162-11176
- Block, Walter, 8/4/01, "Drowning in Manitoba, Water Privatization in Walkerton, Ontario"
- Block, Walter, 7/27/01, "Four Firemen Perish"
- Block, Walter, 8/3/01, "Hunt Farms"
Energy
Environmental Economics
- Block, Walter, 6/14/00, "Of Swamps and Jungles"
- Block, Walter, "Resource Misallocations, Externalities, and Environmentalism in the U.S. and Canada,"
Proceedings of the 24th Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Conference, 1990, pp. 91-94
- McGee, Robert W. and Walter Block, "Pollution Trading Permits as a Form of Market Socialism and the Search for a Real Market Solution to Environmental Pollution,"
Fordham University Law and Environmental Journal, Vol. VI, No. 1, Fall 1994, pp. 51-77
- Block, Walter and Roy Whitehead,
"The Unintended Consequences of Environmental Justice," Forensic Science International, Vol. 100, Nos. 1 and 2, March 1999, pp. 57-67
- Block, Walter, "Environmentalism and Economic Freedom: The Case for Private Property Rights," Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 17, No. 6, December 1998, pp. 1887-1899
Urban, Rural and Regional Economics
General Regional Economics
- Block, Walter, "Prices and Location: A Geographical and Economic Analysis," Planning and Markets, Vol. 6, No. 1, September 2003
- Block, Walter and Matthew Block, "Toward a Universal Libertarian Theory of Gun (Weapon) Control," Ethics, Place and Environment, Vol. 3, No. 3, 2000, pp. 289-298
- Private Parks and Walkways Under Free Enterprise - Ethics, Place, and Environment - June 2005, Vol 8, No 2. pp 201 - 208
Production Analysis and Firm Location
Housing Supply and Markets
- Block, Walter, "A Critique of the Legal and Philosophical Case for Rent Control," Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 40, 2002, pp. 75-90
- Block, Walter, "Rent Control: An Economic Abomination," International Journal of Value Based Management, Vol. 11, No. 3, 1998, pp. 253-263
- Block, Walter, "Rent Control: A Case Study of British Columbia," Mid Atlantic Journal of Business, Vol. 30, No. 3, December 1994, pp. 299-304
- Block, Walter, "Rent Control: A Tale of Two Canadian Cities," Mid Atlantic Journal of Business, Vol. 25, No. 7, 1989, pp. 85-88
- Block, Walter, "The Negative Impact of Government Policies on the Built Environment,"
International Journal of Housing Science, Vol. 5, No. 2, Spring 1981, pp. 131-140
- Block, Walter, "An Analysis and Evaluation of 'Rental Housing in the City of New York: Supply and Conditions 1975-1978' by Peter Marcuse,"
International Journal for Housing Science, Vol. 4, No. 4, Fall 1980, pp. 343-359
Transportation Systems
- Block, Walter, 2003, "Overcoming Difficulties in Road Privatization," Etica e Politica/ Ethics & Politics
- Block, Walter, 9/12/01, "The Motor Vehicle Bureau"
- Block, Walter, "Roads, Bridges, Sunlight and Private Property: Reply to Tullock," Journal Des Economistes Et Des Etudes Humanes, Vol. VIII, No. 2/3, June-September 1998, 315-326
- Block, Walter and Block, Matthew, "Roads, Bridges, Sunlight and Private Property Rights,"Journal Des Economistes Et Des Etudes Humanes, Vol. VII, No. 2/3, June-September 1996, pp. 351-362
- Block, Walter, Compromising the Uncompromisable: Speed Limits, Parades, Cigarettes, Asian Economic Review, Vol. 40, No. 1 (April 1998): pp. 15-29
- Block, Walter, "Private Roads, Competition, Automobile Insurance and Price Controls," Competitiveness Review, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1998, pp. 55-64
- Cadin, Michelle and Walter Block, "Privatize the Public Highway System," The Freeman, February 1997, Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 96-97
- Block, Walter, Road Socialism, International Journal of Value-Based Management, 9 (1996): 195-207
- Block, Walter, "Public Goods and Externalities: The Case of Roads," The Journal of Libertarian Studies: An Interdisciplinary Review, Vol. VII, No. 1, Spring 1983, pp. 1-34.
- Block, Walter, Theories of Highway Safety, Transportation Research Record, #912, pp. 7-10
- Block, Walter, "Congestion and Road Pricing," The Journal of Libertarian Studies: An Interdisciplinary Review, Vol. IV, No. 3, Fall 1980, pp. 299-330.
- Block, Walter, "Free Market Transportation: Denationalizing the Roads," Journal of Libertarian Studies: An Interdisciplinary Review, Vol. III, No. 2, Summer 1979, pp. 209-238
Regional Government Analysis
Land Use and Other Regulations
- Block, Walter, "Preface," Zoning: Its Costs and Relevance for the 1980s," Vancouver: The Fraser Institute, 1980,
pp. xi-xx; reprinted as "Is Zoning Obsolete?, Free Urban Land Markets," in ERC Transcript Reprint Series, December 1980, No. 12
Other Special Topics
Cultural Economics
Economics of the Arts and Literature
- Block, Walter, "Austrian Journals: A Critique of Rosen, Yeager, Laband and Tollison, and Vedder and Gallaway," Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, Vol. 3, No. 2, Summer 2000, pp. 45-61
Religion (Jewish)
- The Jews and Capitalism: A love -Hate Relationship Enigma. " The Journal of Social Political and Economic Studies, Fall, Vol. 29 No.3, pp. 305 -326
- Block, Walter, "Ona'ah," International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 29, No. 9, 2002, pp. 722-729
- Block, Walter,
"The Mishnah and Jewish Dirigisme," International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 23, No. 2, 1996, pp.35-44
- Block, Walter,
"Jewish Economics in the Light of Maimonides," International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 17, No. 3, 1990, pp. 60-68
Religion (Catholic)
- Block, Walter,
"Economics of the Canadian Bishops," Contemporary Policy Issues, Vol. VI, No. 1, January 1988, pp.56-68
- Block, Walter, "Neglect of the Marketplace: The Questionable Economics of America's Bishops,"
Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1985, pp. 125-160
- Block, Walter,
"Liberation Theology and the Economy," Grail: An Ecumenical Journal, Vol. 1, No. 3, September 1985, pp. 75-85
Book Reviews
- Review of Hans-Hermann Hoppe, The Economics and Ethics of Private Property
(Kluwer, 1993), review published in Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines, vol. 7, num 1, Mars. 1996, pp. 161-165
- Book Note (review of Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Democracy: The God That Failed), American J. Econ. & Sociology, Vol. 61, No. 3
(July 2002), pp. 747-50 (reprinted as The State Was A Mistake, Mises.org, May 2004)
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