Defending the Undefendable by Walter Block Read by Jeff Riggenbach
Audio CD 2011 | ISBN n/ | ASIN: B002HIET96 | Language English | Audio CD in MP3 / 32 kbps | 116 mb
Jeff Riggenbach reads Professor Block's Defending the Undefendable! It is among the most famous of the great defenses of victimless crimes and controversial economic practices, from profiteering and gouging to bribery and blackmail. However, beneath the surface, this book is also an outstanding work of microeconomic theory that explains the workings of economic forces in everyday events and affairs. Murray Rothbard explains why: "Defending the Undefendable performs the service of highlighting, the fullest and starkest terms, the essential nature of the productive services performed by all people in the free market. By taking the most extreme examples and showing how the Smithian principles work even in these cases, the book does far more to demonstrate the workability and morality of the free market than a dozensober tomes on more respectable industries and activities. By testing and proving the extreme cases, he all the more illustrates and vindicates the theory." F.A. Hayek agreed, writing the author as follows: "Looking through Defending the Undefendable made me feel that I was once more exposed to the shock therapy by which, more than fifty years ago, the late Ludwig von Mises converted me to a consistent free market position. Some may find it too strong a medicine, but it will still do them good even if they hate it. A real understanding of economicsdemands that one disabuses oneself of many dear prejudices and illusions. Popular fallacies in economic frequently express themselves in unfounded prejudices against other occupations, and showing the falsity of these stereotypes you are doing a real services, although you will not make yourself more popular with the majority."
The contents of this book include:
Foreword by Murray N. Rothbard
Commentary by F.A. Hayek
Introduction
Sexual
The Prostitute
The Pimp
The Male Chauvinist Pig
Medical
The Drug Pusher
The Drug Addict
Free Speech
The Blackmailer
The Slanderer or Libeler
The Denier of Academic Freedom
The Advertiser
The Person Who Yells "Fire!" in a Crowded Theatre
Outlaw
The Gypsy Cab Driver
The Ticket Scalper
The Dishonest Cop
Financial
The (Non-Government) Counterfeiter
The Miser
The InheritThe Moneylender
The Non-Contributor to Charity
Business and Trade
The Curmudgeon
The Slumlord
The Ghetto Merchant
The SpeculatThe Importer
The Middleman
The Profiteer
Ecology
The Stripminer
The Litterer
The Wastemakers
LabThe Fat Capitalist-Pig Employer
The Scab
The Rate Buster
The Employer of Child Lab
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