Private Police: A Note
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
Taxes and Spending
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Nonexcludability and Government Financing of Public Goods
Many economists consider public goods to be a case of market “failure.” They argue that the free market cannot finance the optimal amou
Tax Rate vs. Tax Base: A Public Choice Perspective on the Consequences for the Growth of Government
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
Solidarity Forever: The Power Invested in Worker Collectives Under United States Law
It is evident that much of the debate in favor of unions is emotional.
Book Review: John Merrifield, School Choices: True and False
In this article, Laurence M. Vance offers a review of John Merrifield’s School Choices: True and False.
Wresting Land from the Sea: An Argument Against Public Goods Theory
According to many economists we need the state to provide public goods.
The Great Depression Tax Revolts Revisited
David Beito did a great service for the scholarship of liberty and American history with his rediscovery of the Great Depression-era tax resistance
Reveiw of The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies by Bryan Caplan
In this article, Walter Block reviews Bryan Caplan’s The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies.
Book Review: Voucher Wars: Waging the Legal Battle over School Choice by Clint Bolick
In this article, Laurence M. Vance reviews Clint Bolick’s Voucher Wars: Waging The Legal Battle Over School Choice.
Economics, Politics, and the Coming Collapse of the Elderly Welfare State
In this article James Rolph Edwards discusses the United States economic system and social security.
