Block-Epstein Debate on Eminent Domain

Tags: Austrian Economics Overview, Interventionism, Other Schools of Thought, Philosophy and Methodology, Political Theory, Private Property, Big Government, Free Markets

05/14/2004 Walter Block Richard Epstein

Is the state’s power of eminent domain necessary in a free society? Walter Block and Richard Epstein debate the topic. Recorded at the University of Chicago Law School on 10 May 2004.

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