Scholarly Comments on Academic Economics

Taking Libertarian Concerns Seriously: Reply to Kashdan and Klein

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*Robert H. Frank* is the Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management and Professor of Economics at Cornell's Johnson School of Management. His “Economic Scene” column appears monthly in _The New York Times_. His books, which include _Choosing the Righ

Abstract

I WANT TO BEGIN BY OFFERING MY SINCERE THANKS TO Andrew Kashdan and Daniel Klein for their spirited critique of my work. They have read me carefully and raised many important questions. But before responding to them in detail, I want to say something about what they perceive as my shortage of “libertarian sensibilities about politics, government, and society.”