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”

Walter Block and Guillermo Yeatts
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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

Chapter 22 in Labor Economics from a Free Market Perspective:Employing the Unemployable, 2008, pp 261-293 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractThe 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

Keywords: Labor; Unions; Economics; Wages; Race; Sex; Discrimination; Unemployment; Immigration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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