All Articles tagged government failure

• Articles
  May 22, 2023 CDT
  Externalities and the State
  Robert Batemarco

  Failure to enforce property rights is far from the only way in which government gives rise to externalities. Indeed, most actions of the government actually cause externalities.

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• Book Reviews
  May 20, 2020 CDT
  Book Review: “The Economists’ Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society”
  David Gordon

  David Gordon reviews Binyamin Appelbaum's "The Economists' Hour," in which Applebaum argues that manipulable consumers are competent to select wise leaders, and blames the market for the failures of government.

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• Book Reviews
  December 31, 2019 CDT
  Book Review: People, Power, and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent
  David Gordon

  David Gordon reviews "People, Power, and Profits," in which Stiglitz professes great concern for the poor, while arguing that most people require control by enlightened experts such as himself.

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