Word: libertarian
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...economist interested in cost-benefit analyses of government policies and their effects on society, Miron advocates drug legalization and other libertarian policies, saying that “however well intentioned, a large fraction of government interventions do more harm than good...
...taught the popular fall course Economics 1017, “A Libertarian Perspective on Economics and Social Policy,” and is teaching Economics 1471, “Economics of Crime,” and a research seminar this semester...
...fact that I get to teach courses that mesh with my research interests makes life very pleasant,” says Miron, whose current interests include libertarian economics, crime, recycling, global warming, and terrorism. “You don’t have this tension of ‘should I focus on research or teaching’—the two are almost one and the same...
...always be justified in disregarding it.” Bentham’s philosophy of placing more power in the hands of the sovereign, Chertoff concluded, constituted a “shortsightedness about the possibilities of tyranny of the majority.” HARVARD LAW AND BEYOND The civil libertarian positions that Chertoff staked out as an undergraduate at the College seem compatible with much of his early career, including his post-Harvard Law School clerkships for liberal Supreme Court Justice and fellow Harvard Law School alumnus William J. Brennan and for Appeals Court Judge Murray I. Gurfein, the judge...
...With the ascent of a western-based Prime Minister, the region may now play a far larger role in driving national politics. The Harper government will be power-packed with influential Albertans, many of them (like the Prime Minister-designate) graduates or acolytes of the University of Calgary's libertarian political-science department. Westerners have been dreaming of such access for decades. "We're moving from the kids' table of Confederation to sit with the adults," gloats Western Standard publisher Levant...