Mises Daily
Author:
Thomas J. DiLorenzo
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[Originally published in The Review of Austrian Economics 9 (2) , 1996.] The very term “public utility” is an absurd one. Every good is useful “to the public,” and almost every good may be considered “necessary.” Any designation of a few industries as “public utilities” is completely arbitrary and unjustified. — Murray Rothbard, Power and