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Examines those areas where the freedom of individual men and women to voluntarily engage in mutually advantageous exchanges is prohibited or restricted by government. This collection looks at the economic and philosophical rationale for the prohibition of alcohol, sale of body parts, medicinal drugs, pornography, prostitution, and others.

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Introduction; Prohibitions and economics: an overview; Recreational drugs; Boxing; Firearms; Advertising; Pornography; Medical drugs and devices; Prostitution; Introduction; Gambling; Human body parts for transplantation; Alcohol.

Prohibitions Iea Hobart Paperback

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      Publisher: Institute of Economic Affairs
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/03/2008
      ISBN13: 9780255365857, 978-0255365857
      ISBN10: 255365853

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examines those areas where the freedom of individual men and women to voluntarily engage in mutually advantageous exchanges is prohibited or restricted by government. This collection looks at the economic and philosophical rationale for the prohibition of alcohol, sale of body parts, medicinal drugs, pornography, prostitution, and others.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; Prohibitions and economics: an overview; Recreational drugs; Boxing; Firearms; Advertising; Pornography; Medical drugs and devices; Prostitution; Introduction; Gambling; Human body parts for transplantation; Alcohol.

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