Here’s Bob Murphy’s Protection and the Market for Security lecture from this year’s Mises U. He’s got some great funny lines at the beginning, especially, so give it a listen! And if you like what you hear, and would like more, but at a more advanced level, sign up for his class!
Grayson, how are the enrollment numbers looking for this course?
I was really looking forward to it, but I am not sure I can afford it at the moment. Have to save every penny because I am moving to New Hampshire on Tuesday.
We have about 50 signed up so far
Here’s what we’ve got for optional advanced readings so far:
Week 1: THE PRIVATE PRODUCTION OF LAW AND JUDICIAL RULINGS
The Depoliticization of Law by John Hasnas
The Market for Liberty by Morris and Linda Tannehill (Chapter 7 only)
An Exploration of the Impact of Modern Arbitration Statutes on the Development of Arbitration in the United States by Bruce Benson
Market Chosen Law by Edward Stringham
Evolution of the Common Law and the Emergence of Compromise by Douglas Glen Whitman
Week 2: PRIVATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MILITARY DEFENSE
The Machinery of Freedom, Chapter 29 by David Friedman
The Market for Liberty by Morris and Linda Tannehill (Chapters 8-10 only)
The Imprisoner’s Dilemma: The Political Economy of Proportionate Punishment.by Daniel J. D’Amico
The Fugitive: Evidence on Public Versus Private Law Enforcement from Bail Jumping by Eric Helland and Alexander Tabarrok
Week 3: COMMON OBJECTIONS
The Market for Liberty by Morris and Linda Tannehill (Chapters 11 and 13 only)
Week 4: HISTORICAL APPLICATIONS
An-arrgh-chy: The Law and Economics of Pirate Organization by Peter Leeson
Efficient Anarchy by Peter Leeson
The Spontaneous Evolution of Commercial Law by Bruce Benson
Are Public Goods Really Common Pools? Considerations of the Evolution of Policing and Highways in England by Bruce Benson
The Extralegal Development of Securities Trading in Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam by Edward Stringham
The Prison in Economics: Private and Public Incarceration in Ancient Greece by Daniel J. D’Amico
Thanks for sharing it; several of those articles are new to me. Nice work both of you are putting into this.
And I must say you chose my favorite Hasnas article.
is there going to be non-text media too like in Bob’s ABCT course?
Yes, Ben Powell’s Stateless in Somalia lecture is part of the required materials. I’ve also set up a small podcast, which includes that lecture, plus audio versions of 3 of the required reading selections. Here’s the feed address to stick in iTunes…
Here’s a Google Docs version of the slideshow I created based on Bob’s lecture outline for the first live session on Tuesday.
Grayson you mentioned something about how people would be able to access to ABCT stuff even if they didn’t take the course. Is there a plan to do that for all courses (or at least this one)
No, you must have misunderstood me at some point. Only people who sign up will get access to the materials.
No I understand that you have to sign up. Does it cost the same to take the course after the fact ?
Oh, I see what you’re saying. Well, we may open the ABCT course for “self study” (no live professor interaction/support) at a small discount. But that’s the only class we have currently plans for, with regard to offering a “self study” package.
It looks like whoever takes this course will amass an entire warehouse of ammunition against statist arguments. I hope to see some of the graduates participate in forum discussions here.
Okay, the first lecture starts in less than 2 hours, so there’s still time to sign up! For those of you who haven’t seen the advanced reading list I posted, this is NOT just Rothbardian Ancap 101! For those who haven’t had a chance to read Chaos Theory, Professor Murphy has a more contract-and-insurance-based approach to anarchy which is very distinct from the “deduce it from the NAP” approach of Rothbard. And this is a great opportunity to discuss the approach with one of its key developers himself.