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The Illusion of Free Markets

Punishment and the Myth of Natural Order

Bernard E. Harcourt

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$31.00 • £22.95 • €27.90

ISBN 9780674057265

Publication: January 2011

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336 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

7 tables, 12 graphs

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Bernard E. Harcourt is Julius Kreeger Professor of Law and Criminology and Professor and Chairman of the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago.

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