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Wresting Land from the Sea: An Argument Against Public Goods Theory

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07/30/2014Philipp Bagus

According to many economists we need the state to provide public goods. The assertion seems to be so crystal-clear that it is not even worth discussion in the mainstream.

Volume 20, Number 4 (2006)

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Philipp Bagus is professor at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. He is a Fellow of the Mises Institute, an IREF scholar, and the author of numerous books including In Defense of Deflation and The Tragedy of the Euro, and is coauthor of Blind Robbery!, Small States. Big Possibilities.: Small States Are Simply Better!, and Deep Freeze: Iceland's Economic Collapse.

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Bagus, Philipp. "Wresting Land from the Sea: An Argument Against Public Goods Theory." Journal of Libertarian Studies 20, No. 4 (2006): 21–40.