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05/09/2007 Mises Wire Jacob H. Huebert

Over at the Volokh Conspiracy, libertarian law professor Ilya Somin celebrates The Godfather for all the right reasons.

Here also is the Mises Institute's movie guide on the Godfather movies, and Robert Murphy on whether we should loathe or love the mafia.

And of course Murray Rothbard was there first, with his Libertarian Forum review, and this essay contrasting The Godfather and Goodfellas.

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