The Imprisoner's Dilemma | Daniel D'Amico

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Jeffrey Tucker interviews Daniel D'Amico, assistant professor of Economics at Loyola University New Orleans, and discusses Dan's ongoing research on the economics of crime and punishment.

Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 29 March 2011.

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[CurtHowland]

Wow. Him and Walter Block on the same faculty.

It might inspire me to go back to school!

But seriously, who needs universities when there's Mises. org?

[Philosopher Rex]

Government is merely the dominant 'mafia'

[jonathanrabbitt]

"The State" is nothing but an idea; a belief, perpetrated by professional busybodies. The subjects of this idea are the meek and cowering; those who reluctantly suffer a trauma-bond relationship with the busybodies; so thankful that they have been allowed to live another day.

[Oskar Stålberg]

I love these interview series. You sould make more of them!

[Firestryke2]

Dan D'Amico is an economist you will never forget, he is unabashedly pro-market and will tell you what he thinks.... diplomacy be damned! I cant wait till the full publication on this 'imprisoner's dilemma' comes out. And Walter Block is awesome...

[Dutchguy74]

Yes the state is the dominant mafia, and it's main function has always been to protect property, to protect property in a certain geographical area. When states were from it were the kings and the nobility that ran it, because they owned all the property, today it is being shared among more people.

[Pavle Mihajlovic]

Daniel D'Amico is Gary Becker of the first decade of 21st century

[M80313]

i hate paying for it, but school can be awesome go for it!

[brandon hotard]

I've got Daniel D'Amico as my professor. Awesome awesome awesome. If you ever get the chance to have him, be thankful. Definitely the most fun, and real professor i have.

[P. Sergio Serrato]

The prison population in the United States is greater than the cities of Los Angeles and Miami combined. Prison is the health of the state.

[crazyncoolfool]

Bruce Willis?

[Pandy2k]

Bow tie guy could easily have played the satan in a movie..