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Is Ross Ulbricht of Silk Road a Libertarian Hero?
Journal of Economic and Social Thought
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Is Ross Ulbricht of Silk Road a Libertarian Hero?
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BLOCK, Walter; Walter E. Block, Ph.D. Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair and Professor of Economics Joseph A. Butt, S.J. College of Business Loyola University New Orleans 6363 St. Charles Avenue, Box 15, Miller Hall 318 New Orleans, LA 70118 tel: (504) 864-7934 fax: (504) 864-7970 wblock@loyno.edu |
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Silk Road; Hero; Libertarianism.
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Abstract. Ross Ulbricht was sentenced to life imprisonment with no possibility of parole for electronically facilitating trade in illegal drugs with his website Silk Road. This is a more severe penalty given to drug dealers, and even murderers. Is he heroic for violating an unjust law, which makes selling drugs a victimless crime? Is he a libertarian? Is he a libertarian hero? These are the questions addressed in the present paper.Keywords: Silk Road, Hero, Libertarianism.JEL. A10.
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Journal of Economic and Social Thought
Journal of Economic and Social Thought |
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2016-09-18
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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application/pdf
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http://www.kspjournals.org/index.php/JEST/article/view/909
10.1453/jest.v3i3.909 |
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Journal of Economic and Social Thought; Vol 3, No 3 (2016): September; 327-332
Journal of Economic and Social Thought; Vol 3, No 3 (2016): September; 327-332 2149-0422 |
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eng
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http://www.kspjournals.org/index.php/JEST/article/view/909/1023
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Copyright (c) 2016 Journal of Economic and Social Thought
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 |
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