The cost of rights : why liberty depends on taxes / Stephen Holmes and Cass R. Sunstein.
By: Holmes, Stephen
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Contributor(s): Sunstein, Cass R.
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TextPublisher: New York : W.W. Norton, c1999Edition: 1st ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-246) and index.Description: 255 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0393046702.Subject(s): Civil rights -- United States -- Costs | Finance, Public -- United States | Government spending policy -- United StatesDDC classification: 323/.0973 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 323.0973 H738 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003181914 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-246) and index.
All rights are positive -- The necessity of government performance -- No property with taxation -- Watchdogs must be paid -- How scarcity affects liberty -- How rights differ from interests -- Enforcing rights means distributing resources -- Why tradeoffs are inescapable -- Have rights gone too far? -- The unselfishness of rights -- Rights as a response to moral breakdown -- How religious liberty promotes stability -- Rightsholders as stakeholders -- Welfare rights and the politics of inclusion.
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