Comments on: Coercive Regulation and the Balance of Freedom http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/05/11/edward-glaeser/coercive-regulation-and-the-balance-of-freedom/ Big Ideas for a Better World Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:24:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Economic Investigations http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/05/11/edward-glaeser/coercive-regulation-and-the-balance-of-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-63153 Economic Investigations Sun, 13 May 2007 10:23:37 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/?p=479#comment-63153 <strong>News of the World #34</strong> Elsewhere… Coercion Coercive Regulation and the Balance of Freedom, Edward Glaeser doesn’t pay attention to Klein definition either and conflates “coercion” with “use of or threat with force”. Ed Glaeser on Utility, ... News of the World #34

Elsewhere… Coercion Coercive Regulation and the Balance of Freedom, Edward Glaeser doesn’t pay attention to Klein definition either and conflates “coercion” with “use of or threat with force”. Ed Glaeser on Utility, …

]]> By: …no third solution » Blog Archive » Cato on Coercion http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/05/11/edward-glaeser/coercive-regulation-and-the-balance-of-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-62498 …no third solution » Blog Archive » Cato on Coercion Fri, 11 May 2007 14:56:31 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/?p=479#comment-62498 [...] I have the RSS feed for Cato-Unbound on my homepage, and I occasionally read it, but the authors are often too long-winded for me to bear singularly - putting 3 or 4 reaction essays together makes it a chore. That said, there’s been a discussion there this week about the concept of coercion, as introduced by Daniel Klein. I’m reading Ed Glaeser’s response, Coercive Regulation and the Balance of Freedom. At first glance, it didn’t seem all that bad, just a little unsettling. Then I read it again. There are several instances in the first two or three paragraphs where he demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of the concept, which I think Klein introduced well-enough. [...] [...] I have the RSS feed for Cato-Unbound on my homepage, and I occasionally read it, but the authors are often too long-winded for me to bear singularly – putting 3 or 4 reaction essays together makes it a chore. That said, there’s been a discussion there this week about the concept of coercion, as introduced by Daniel Klein. I’m reading Ed Glaeser’s response, Coercive Regulation and the Balance of Freedom. At first glance, it didn’t seem all that bad, just a little unsettling. Then I read it again. There are several instances in the first two or three paragraphs where he demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of the concept, which I think Klein introduced well-enough. [...]

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