The Cost of Rights: Why Liberty Depends on TaxesW. W. Norton & Company, 2000 - 255 sider All legally enforceable rights cost money. A practical, commonsense notion? Yes, but one ignored by almost everyone, from libertarian ideologues to Supreme Court justices to human rights advocates. The simple insight that rights are expensive reminds us that freedom is not violated by a government that taxes and spends, but requires it - and requires a citizenry vigilant about how money is allocated. Laying bare the folly of some of our most cherished myths about rights, this groundbreaking tract will permanently change the terms of our most critical and contentious political debates. |
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All Rights Are Positive | 27 |
The Necessity of Government Performance | 41 |
No Property without Taxation | 51 |
Watchdogs Must Be Paid | 69 |
WHY RIGHTS CANNOT BE ABSOLUTES | 77 |
How Scarcity Affects Liberty | 79 |
How Rights Differ from Interests | 91 |
Enforcing Rights Means Distributing Resources | 105 |
The Unselfishness of Rights | 144 |
Rights as as Response to Moral Breakdown | 154 |
UNDERSTANDING RIGHTS AS BARGAINS | 165 |
How Religious Liberty Promotes Stability | 167 |
Rightholders as Stakeholders | 181 |
Welfare Rights and the Politics of Inclusion | 196 |
THE PUBLIC CHARACTER OF PRIVATE FREEDOMS | 212 |
SOME NUMBERS ON RIGHTS AND THEIR COSTS | 225 |
Why Tradeoffs Are Inescapable | 110 |
WHY RIGHTS ENTAIL RESPONSIBILITIES | 125 |
Have Rights Gone Too Far? | 127 |
NOTES | 229 |
INDEX | 239 |
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