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The Economics And Ethics Of Land Reform: A Critique Of The Pontifical Council For Justice And Peace'S “Toward A Better Distribution Of Land: The Challenge Of Agrarian Reform”

In: Labor Economics From A Free Market Perspective Employing the Unemployable

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  • WALTER BLOCK

    (Department of Economics and Finance, University of Central, Arkansas, USA)

  • GUILLERMO YEATTS

    (Phoebus Energy, Ltd. B.S., M.A. New York University, OPM Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration, USA)

Abstract

The following sections are included:IntroductionLibertarian Land ReformThe Libertarian Philosophy of Land ReformProperty RedistributionHomesteadingThe Pontifical Council's DocumentConcentration and Misappropriation of LandDeveloping EconomiesFactors of ProductionPreferential Option for the PoorLatifundiaCompetenceMortgage of the PastIndustrialization at the Expense of AgricultureFailure of Agrarian ReformContradictionsThe Management of Agricultural ExportsDebt RepudiationAgrarian DualismExpropriation of the Land of Indigenous PopulationsViolence and ComplicityLegal Recognition of Ownership RightsEnvironmental ConcernsThe Credit MarketIdle LandThe Lack of Infrastructures and Social ServicesEconomic ConsequencesConclusion

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  • Walter Block & Guillermo Yeatts, 2008. "The Economics And Ethics Of Land Reform: A Critique Of The Pontifical Council For Justice And Peace'S “Toward A Better Distribution Of Land: The Challenge Of Agrarian Reform”," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Labor Economics From A Free Market Perspective Employing the Unemployable, chapter 22, pages 261-293, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789812790798_0022
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