Rothbard's Underappreciated Contributions to Public Goods Analysis

Rothbard’s Underappreciated Contributions to Public Goods Analysis

Tags: Subjectivism, Value and Exchange, Taxes and Spending

03/06/2021 Kristoffer Mousten Hansen Tate Fegley Karl-Friedrich Israel

The assertion that “tax-financed public goods can make us all better off” is just that: an assertion. As Rothbard showed, there is no reason to just assume consumers would pay for these amenities were they not forced to through taxation.

Original Article: “Rothbard’s Underappreciated Contributions to Public Goods Analysis“

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