Austrian Addiction

Dan D'Amico on proportionate punishment, free market prisons, criminal justice, Austrian economics and much more.

June 2010 - Posts

Caplan on optimal restitution
So this is a bit of a delayed response: After reading my paper, Caplan recently posted that he began to think about the challenge of optimally calculating restitution. While Bryan's willing to admit that the United States is excessively punitive when...
Frudent asks me about the tea-party movement.
I recently received an email from a former student now friend. He simply asked, "What's your take on the Tea Party? On the money or just a decent direction? Or just plain wack jobs?" I replied quickly but have since continued to think about...
The captivating Amy Sturgis
This week I had the wonderful privileged of enjoying a lecture given by Amy Sturgis at IHS's summer conference Liberty and Society . Amy's talk was awesome! Both fun and fascinating. For those unfamiliar with her work, Amy traces the ideals of...