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Harmful Illusions Bedevil Ideas About Free Markets and Imprisonment, UChicago Professor Writes

By Guest PostMarch 5, 2011Economy, Politicsbernard harcourt, civic values, economic exchange, economic transgressions, free market system, free markets, freedom, french thinkers, friedrich hayek, government interference, hyper regulated grain market, incarceration, jeremy bentham, julius kreeger professor, logic of neoliberal penality, notion, Paris, penitentiary, philadelphia, physiocrats, political sphere, prison, ronald reagan, the rule of nature, united states

The United States prizes freedom above most other civic values, yet Bernard Harcourt believes the notion is widely misunderstood and inconsistently applied.

Freedom from government interference is a key tenet of the free market system that the United States champions, but Harcourt notes that Americans expect vigorous government action in imprisoning criminals. The result is a deep inconsistency, he argues, for even as the United States preaches freedom in the marketplace, it maintains the world’s highest incarceration rate. (more…)

Up in Smoke: Quebec Prison Partial Smoking Ban is not Successful

By Guest PostOctober 9, 2010Culture, Generalbordeaux, canada, cigarette-based economy, maison tanguay, prison, quebec, quebec detention center, serge brochu, smoking ban, université de montréal

The partial smoking ban in Quebec prisons is leading to a slew of new problems according to an investigative study involving the Université de Montréal. Their findings, part of a report conducted by the Institut National de Santé Publique, show that the courtyard-only policy for smoking has not led to quitting but rather to tension in the prison and cigarette-based economy. (more…)

From Penthouse to Prison

By ShamsJune 29, 2009Economybull, madoff, penthouse, prison, swindlers

As Madoff heads to prison for the next 150 years, his legacy leaves good lessons for other Swindlers.

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Harmful Illusions Bedevil Ideas About Free Markets and Imprisonment, UChicago Professor Writes

Up in Smoke: Quebec Prison Partial Smoking Ban is not Successful

From Penthouse to Prison