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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...
...penchant for explaining things very well, also for throwing in humor and interesting examples,” says Alexander N. Harris ‘08, who took Economics 1017, is currently enrolled in Economics 1471, and also asked Miron to sponsor the Harvard Libertarian Forum, of which Harris is the president...
...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...