Academic Analysis Compares Wacquant and Rothbard on Modern Punishment Systems

A Mises Institute publication examines how sociologist Loïc Wacquant and economist Murray Rothbard offer contrasting yet revealing perspectives on the evolution and nature of contemporary penal institutions.

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The Penal Leviathan: What Wacquant And Rothbard Reveal About Modern Punishment

The Penal Leviathan: What Wacquant And Rothbard Reveal About Modern Punishment Authored by Luc Lelièvre via Mises Institute, Loïc Wacquant and Murray Rothbard come from completely different worlds. Wacquant, in Punishing the Poor (2009), analyzes how modern states manage marginalized populations through policing and incarceration. Rothbard, in The Ethics of Liberty (1982), argues that the state is a monopoly of coercion and that real justice means restitution to victims rather t...

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Academic Analysis Compares Wacquant and Rothbard on Modern Punishment Systems

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