Taxes and Spending

Given the temper of the times it was surprising that following the American Revolution there appeared proposals for national systems of education.

Were a government to demand the sacrifice of 46,700 citizens’ each year, there is no doubt that an outraged public would revolt.

Robert Nozick, in Anarchy, State, and Utopia presented his by-now-famous view that “a minimal state, limited to the narrow functions

The doctrine of natural liberty is ultimately grounded on two premises which are necessary to the understanding of why governments are “crimi

A characteristic feature of modern civilization is the steady growth of government.1 This government growth occurs under two forms: either through

The municipal reform movement of the progressive era succeeded in establishing local government monopoly in the provision of urban services. Competitive markets in such services as fire-fighting, street lighting, refuse removal, transit, and even policing then gave way to municipal bureaus and departments.

There are those to whom the question of whether to privatize the nation’s police forces is mere academic whimsy—a question of consequence only to t

Many economists consider public goods to be a case of market “failure.” They argue that the free market cannot finance the optimal amou

In recent years, as libertarian policy analysts have put their minds to the question of tax reform, some have succumbed to the lure of a broad-base

It is evident that much of the debate in favor of unions is emotional.