Walter Block

Walter Block
Walter Block
Nascimento 21 de agosto de 1941
Brooklyn
Residência Estados Unidos
Cidadania Estados Unidos
Alma mater
Ocupação economista, empresário, filósofo
Movimento estético Escola Austríaca
Religião ateísmo
Página oficial
http://www.walterblock.com

Walter Edward Block (21 de agosto de 1941) é um economista americano.

É acadêmicos da cátedra Harold E. Wirth de Economia na Universidade Loyola de Nova Orleães, tendo publicado mais de 500 artigos acadêmicos.[1][2] É mais conhecido pelo seu livro Defending the Undefendable.[3][4] Block é ateu,[5] e escreve para Mises Institute, do qual é membro.[6]

Obra

Como autor

  • Defending the Undefendable (1976; translated into Chinese, Dutch, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian languages) ISBN 0-930073-05-3
  • A Response to the Framework Document for Amending the Combines Investigation Act (1982)
  • Focus on Economics and the Canadian Bishops (1983)
  • Focus on Employment Equity: A Critique of the Abella Royal Commission on Equality in Employment (with Michael A. Walker; 1985)
  • The U.S. Bishops and Their Critics: An Economic and Ethical Perspective (1986)
  • Lexicon of Economic Thought (with Michael A. Walker; 1988)
  • Economic Freedom of the World, 1975-1995 (with James Gwartney, Robert Lawson; 1996)
  • The Privatization of Roads and Highways: Human and Economic Factors (2006)

Como editor

  • Zoning: Its Costs and Relevance for the 1980s (Ed.; 1980)
  • Rent Control: Myths & Realities (Ed. with Edgar Olsen; 1981)
  • Discrimination, Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity (Ed. with Michael A. Walker; 1982)
  • Taxation: An International Perspective (Ed. with Michael A. Walker; 1984)
  • Economics and the Environment: A Reconciliation (Ed.; 1985; translated into Portuguese 1992) ISBN 0-88975-067-X
  • Morality of the Market: Religious and Economic Perspectives (Ed. with Geoffrey Brennan, Kenneth Elzinga; 1985)
  • Theology, Third World Development and Economic Justice (Ed. with Donald Shaw; 1985)
  • Reaction: The New Combines Investigation Act (Ed.; 1986)
  • Religion, Economics & Social Thought (Ed. with Irving Hexham; 1986)
  • Man, Economy and Liberty: Essays in Honor of Murray N. Rothbard (Ed. with Lew Rockwell; 1988)
  • Breaking the Shackles; the Economics of Deregulation: A Comparison of U.S. and Canadian Experience (Ed. with George Lermer; 1991)
  • Economic Freedom: Toward a Theory of Measurement (Ed.; 1991)
  • Libertarian Autobiographies (Ed.; forthcoming)

Referências

  1. ↑ Walter Block faculty page Arquivado em novembro 23, 2013, no Wayback Machine, Loyola University New Orleans, accessed July 31, 2013.
  2. ↑ «Ep. 823 Major Milestone: Libertarian Walter Block Looks Back on 500 Peer-Reviewed Articles». The Tom Woods Show. 12 de janeiro de 2017 
  3. ↑ Murphy, Robert P. (2006). «A Note on Walter Block's Defending the Undefendable». American Journal of Economics and Sociology (em inglês). 65 (2): 463–467. ISSN 1536-7150. doi:10.1111/j.1536-7150.2006.00459.x. Consultado em 14 de abril de 2021. Walter Block's amusing and popular Defending the Undefendable offers an intentionally shocking collection of short chapters, each praising a different "rogue" of modern society 
  4. ↑ Carden, Art. «Happy Birthday to Libertarian Firebrand Walter Block». independent.org. Consultado em 14 de abril de 2021. As befits someone who is probably best known for a book titled Defending the Undefendable, Block is no stranger to controversy. 
  5. ↑ Walter Block (28 de dezembro de 2007). «Carta para Ron Paul» 
  6. ↑ «Mises Institute Faculty Listing». Consultado em 31 de julho de 2013 

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