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Index 603
black markets and, 36
Bureau of Prohibition and, 400
Al Capone and, 128
crime rates and, 401
driving blood-alcohol limits and, 401
drug prohibition and, 128
18th Amendment and, 128, 399, 400
evangelical abstinence recommendations and, 400
libertarians and, 128
H. L. Mencken and, 325
moonshine and industrial alcohol and, 401
National Commission on Law Observation and
Enforcement and, 401
National Minimum Drinking Age Act (1984) and, 401
National Prohibition Enforcement Act, 400
1932 presidential election and, 401
organized crime and, 128
repeal of, 128
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre and, 128
temperance movement and, 399
21st Amendment and, 401
violent crime increase and, 128
Volstead Act and, 401
Wartime Prohibition Act (1918) and, 400
World War I agricultural production and, 400
Protestant Reformation, xxvi, 56, 131, 407, 421
Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph, 401–402
books written by, 402
defense of private property and, 402
individualist anarchism philosophy of, 243, 401–402
interest paid on money issue and, 402
labor theory of value issue and, 402
socialism and Marxism and, 402
state power and, 402
Psychiatry, 402–405
abnormal behavior and, 404
behavior considered a disease in, 403–404
coercive psychiatric practices and, 402
contractual vs. institutional psychiatry and, 403
danger to others criteria in, 404
deinstitutionalization and, 402–403
Michael Foucault and, 180
insanity defense and, 403
involuntary confinement and, 402, 403
legal ramifications of, 403, 404
libertarian views on, 402–403, 404
mental health screening and, 404
“mental illness” controversy and, 402
metaphorical unconsciousness and, 404
The Myth of Mental Illness (Szasz) and, 402–403, 497–498
“normal” medicine vs., 402, 403–404
psychologists vs., 402
psychotherapy and, 404
public policy and, 404
social policy and, 404
symptoms vs. pathology and, 403–404
Thomas Szasz and, 497–498
treatment without consent in, 404
Public choice economics, 405–407
arts and public support and, 19–21
benevolent vs. opportunistic motives and, 254
James Buchanan’s work in, xxxvi, 40–41, 254, 272
bureaucracy and, 42–43
The Calculus of Consent (Buchanan & Tullock)
and, 40, 272, 543
criticism of, 405
cynical nature of, 405
definition of, 405
delegation and, 117–118
democracy and, 118–120
An Economic Theory of Democracy (Downs) and, 405–406
evolutionary game theory and, 406
experimental economics and, 406
future directions in, 406–407
individual as foundation of, 405
interdisciplinary nature of, 405
interventionism vs., 254
kleptocracy concept and, 272–273
laissez-faire policy and, 280
market failure vs. government failure and, 40
methodological individualism and, 240
Vincent and Elinor Ostrom and, 368
perfect vs. imperfect knowledge and, 254
political parties and, 379–380
redistributive institutional “rules of the game” and, 254
rent seeking and, 254, 406, 422–423
rising taxes and, 501
rule of law and, 446–447
self-interest element of, 272–273
The Theory of Committees and Elections (Black) and, 405
theory of expressive voting and, 406
The Theory of Political Coalitions (Riker) and, 406
Gordon Tullock’s work in, 40, 42, 254, 272, 514
unanswered questions in, 406
voter turnout factors and, 405
voting rules reflecting voter preferences and, 406
Knut Wicksell and, 543–544
Public school choice policy, 142
Pufendorf, Samuel, 352, 434, 451
The Pure Theory of Capital (Hayek), 139
Puritanism, 407–408
John Calvin’s role in, 407
Christianity reform and, 407
church practices founded on scripture focus of, 407
decentralized Church authority and, 407
definition of, 407
English Civil War and, 144–146, 407, 408
John Knox’s role in, 407
Levellers and, 408
New England colonies and, 408
Protestant Reformation and, 407
Presbyterians vs. Anglicans and, 407