Public Goods, Redistribution and Rent Seeking

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Contents
Preface vii
1. Some difficulties in the existing theory of 1
externalities
2. Coase and all that 18
3. More on why government? 28
4. The poor 39
5. The legacy of Bismarck 49
6. Some biological problems 56
7. The rich 66
8. A survey of the existing system 75
9. Rent seeking 92
10. War 101
11. Monarchies and dictatorships 114
12. What, if anything, should we do? 132
References 146
Index 149