126: Jeffrey Miron on Libertarianism, Drug Legalization and Genghis Khan
Jeffrey Miron is a Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Economics at Harvard University, as well as a senior fellow at the Cato Institute.
His field of expertise is the economics of libertarianism; he has advocated for many libertarian policies, including legalizing all drugs and allowing failing banks to go bankrupt.
He has written four books including Drug War Crimes: The Consequences of Prohibition and Libertarianism, from A to Z.
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