Humane Studies Review
Volume 7, Number 1 Winter 1991/92
A Guide to Research and Study Inside HSR
- Institutional Bases of the Spontaneous
Order: Surety and Assurance
- How do trust, honesty, and security arise? What provides the
stability of modern
society? Albert Loan examines the spontaneous rise and growth of the
institutions of
"suretyship" and "assurance" and presents a set of problems for scholars
in the humane
disciplines.
- Indivisibility, Probability and Game Theory
- Anthony de Jasay's book Social Contract, Free Ride argues against the
claim that the state
is necessary to solve the "public goods problem." Robert Sugden, in
reviewing the book,
claims that Jasay's "whole argument misses the point." Jasay responds.
- Crosscurrents
- Review some of the latest and best in the literature of classical
liberalism.
Copyright 1992 by the Institute for Humane Studies. Humane Studies
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Managing Editor: Michael A. Brown
Contributing Editors: Walter E. Grinder, Stephen Davies, Christine
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