Walter Block
| Walter Block | |
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| Nascimento | 21 de agosto de 1941 Brooklyn |
| Residência | Estados Unidos |
| Cidadania | Estados Unidos |
| Etnia | judeus |
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| Ocupação | economista, empresário, filósofo |
| Empregador(a) | Universidade Loyola de Nova Orleans |
| Orientador(a)(es/s) | Gary Becker |
| Movimento estético | Escola Austríaca |
| Religião | ateísmo |
| Página oficial | |
| https://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
- ↑ Walter Block faculty page Arquivado em novembro 23, 2013, no Wayback Machine, Loyola University New Orleans, accessed July 31, 2013.
- ↑ «Ep. 823 Major Milestone: Libertarian Walter Block Looks Back on 500 Peer-Reviewed Articles». The Tom Woods Show. 12 de janeiro de 2017
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Walter Block (28 de dezembro de 2007). «Carta para Ron Paul»
- ↑ «Mises Institute Faculty Listing». Consultado em 31 de julho de 2013
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