The Political Economy of Policing

Tags: Austrian Economics Overview, Free Markets

07/31/2024 Tate Fegley

Comparative institutional analysis of both policing provided by government bureaucracies and by private enterprises that can engage in economic calculation.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on July 31, 2024.

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