The Cost of Rights
Why Liberty Depends on Taxes
Published on 12. March 2012
256 pages
978-0-393-34432-5 (ISBN)
Description
To "fight for your rights," or anyone else's, is not just to debate principles but to haggle over budgets.
The simple insight that all legally enforceable rights cost money 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. Drawing from these practical, commonsense notions, The Cost of Rights provides a useful corrective to the all-or-nothing feel of much political debate nowadays (The Economist).More details
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Persons
Stephen Holmes teaches political science at Princeton University and New York University Law School.
Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Also By
- Title
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- Chapter Four
- Part II
- Chapter Five
- Chapter Six
- Chapter Seven
- Chapter Eight
- Part III
- Chapter Nine
- Chapter Ten
- Chapter Eleven
- Part IV
- Chapter Twelve
- Chapter Thirteen
- Chapter Fourteen
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Notes
- Index
- Copyright
