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12. The Economics of Violent Intervention in the Market
- 1. Introduction
- 2. A Typology of Intervention
- 3. Direct Effects of Intervention on Utility
- 4. Utility <em>Ex Post</em>: Free Market and Government
- 5. Triangular Intervention: Price Control
- 6. Triangular Intervention: Product Control
- 7. Binary Intervention: The Government Budget
- 8. Binary Intervention: Taxation
- 9. Binary Intervention: Government Expenditures
- 10. Growth, Affluence, and Government
- 11. Binary Intervention: Inflation and Business Cycles
- 12. Conclusion: The Free Market and Coercion
- Appendix A: Government Borrowing
- Appendix B: "Collective Goods" and "External Benefits": Two Arguments for Government Activity
