Space Capitalism

Walter E. Block, Peter Lothian Nelson

ISBN 10: 3319746502 / ISBN 13: 9783319746500

Edité par Springer International Publishing AG, CH, 2018

A propos de cet article

This book compares and contrasts the motivations, morality, and effectiveness of space exploration when pursued by private entrepreneurs as opposed to government. The authors advocate market-driven, private initiatives take the lead through enhanced competition and significant resources that can be allocated to the exploration and exploitation of outer space. Space travel and colonisation is analysed through the prism of economic freedom and laissez faire capitalism, in a unique and accessible book.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Space Capitalism
• Éditeur: Springer International Publishing AG, CH
• Date de parution: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 3319746502
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783319746500
• Reliure: Paperback
• Édition: 2018 ed.
• État de l'article: New
• Dimensions: 14,8 L x 1,93 H x 21 P (centimètres) 14,8 centimètres de largeur par 1,93 centimètres de hauteur par 21 centimètres de profondeur

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Synopsis

This book compares and contrasts the motivations, morality, and effectiveness of space exploration when pursued by private entrepreneurs as opposed to government. The authors advocate market-driven, private initiatives take the lead through enhanced competition and significant resources that can be allocated to the exploration and exploitation of outer space. Space travel and colonisation is analysed through the prism of economic freedom and laissez faire capitalism, in a unique and accessible book.

À propos de l?auteur

Peter Lothian Nelson has masters degrees in engineering and divinity. He has over 40 years of experience in civil engineering and forensics, and is the former president of PL Nelson Engineering Inc, USA.

Walter E. Block is Harold E. Wirth Endowed Chair and Professor of Economics, College of Business, Loyola University New Orleans, and senior fellow at the Mises Institute. He earned his PhD in economics at Columbia University in 1972. He has taught at Rutgers, SUNY Stony Brook, Baruch CUNY, Holy Cross and the University of Central Arkansas. He is the author of more than 500 refereed articles in professional journals, two dozen books, and thousands of op eds. He lectures widely on college campuses, delivers seminars around the world and appears regularly on television and radio shows. He is the Schlarbaum Laureate, Mises Institute, 2011; and has won the Loyola University Research Award (2005, 2008) and the Mises Institute's Rothbard Medal of Freedom,2005; and the Dux Academicus award, Loyola University, 2007.