The New Prohibitionism: The Movement to Regulate Personal Behavior

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 01 Jan 2016 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:SSRN Electronic Journal (eissn: 1556-5068,

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Authors: Robert W. McGee;

doi: 10.2139/ssrn.2859315

The New Prohibitionism: The Movement to Regulate Personal Behavior

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This paper applies economic analysis and rights theory to the movement of governments to regulate personal behavior in the areas of alcohol, tobacco and food consumption, free speech, gun ownership, sex, the body as property, the right to work. Utilitarianism and rights theory are also discussed.

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