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By: Roslyn

Roslyn — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:06:53 +0000

Great interview. Yea, Robert Higgs.

By: bp

bp — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:17:13 +0000

“do well to read up on the railroad ‘robber’ barons of the 1800s.”

Allow me to recommend Robert Higgs book, The Transformation of the American Economy 1865-1914.

By: bp

bp — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:12:41 +0000

“So who does this guy think will borrow when banks are ready to lend again?”

The US Treasury Department; I hear they going to be selling a lot of bonds this year.

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:13:10 +0000

The point is, having public roads reduces cost for business.

Lets be clear: privatization isn’t about handing over public property to the free market, but to select political allies. Anyone who believes that privatization of roadways is a good idea would do well to read up on the railroad ‘robber’ barons of the 1800s.

By: Pablo Escobar

Pablo Escobar — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:50:15 +0000

If roads were produced by the ‘free market’ you wouldnt be able to afford all the tolls the greedsters would charge to drive on their private roads.

Actually, it’d be pretty easy for everyone to afford pretty much all the basic necessities of life, because in a free-market society there would be no income tax.

By: bobd

bobd — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:24:09 +0000

in the USA, the intercoastal waterway of the east coast from the chesapeake and delaware canal to miami was federalized a long time ago. try “florida’s big dig” for some local flavor.

By: Jetmknx

Jetmknx — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:11:33 +0000

If roads were produced by the ‘free market’ you wouldnt be able to afford all the tolls the greedsters would charge to drive on their private roads.

By: Marcel

Marcel — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:45:29 +0000

“Globalization” is certainly not about running political systems in the ground, it’s about centralising that power. Hence, the vast increase in the size, scope, and power of political entities (both local and global) over the past several decades alone.

Indeed, corporations need strong political entities (local or global) otherwise they would have no one to turn to for favours and privileges and easy money – wars, bailouts and stimulus plans = lifesavers for corporate elites.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:28:18 +0000

Since the idea of globalization requires a shift from people having faith in the actions of their respective sovereign states to placing all power into the hands of global entities; a kind of Fukuyama style endgame ideology, it then makes perfect sense, from a corporate point of view, to run political systems into the ground.

51 of the world’s largest 100 economies are corporations. Could it be that it is corporations who are responsible for governmental failure?