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The Rent Seeker

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  • Walter Block

    (Loyola University New Orleans)

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“Rent seeking” is perhaps the biggest and most harmful misnomer in all of political economy. This critique of the linguistics involved is not a mere verbal dispute. Rather, it has important implications for this field of study. Why is this mportant? It is because communication itself is important, and cannot be properly conducted with inaccurate language.

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  • Walter Block, 2015. "The Rent Seeker," Romanian Economic Business Review, Romanian-American University, vol. 10(3), pages 7-14, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:rau:journl:v:10:y:2015:i:3:p:7-14
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    1. Jankovic Ivan & Block Walter, 2019. "Private Property Rights, Government Interventionism and Welfare Economics," Review of Economic Perspectives, Sciendo, vol. 19(4), pages 365-397, December.

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