The One Article at a Time to a ‘Customer’ Rule in Academic Journals

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Keywords
Libertarianism, affirmative action, editorial policy, refereeing

Summary
Some journal editors of periodicals ostensibly libertarian oriented yet practice an editorial policy with would be in other contexts seen as anathema to this philosophy: to wit, affirmative action. The present paper documents this case, offers a criticism of this practice, and considers several objections to its thesis.

JEL: A11
Pages: 9
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