All Posts Tagged With: "Railroads"
A History Lesson for Free-Market Pessimists
Sometimes free-market advocates despair at the prospects for fundamental change. The pessimists ask, Where are the examples of a people who have learned enough from the follies of socialism to completely reverse course and pursue freedom?
1Mar1997 | Lawrence W. Reed | 1 comment | ContinuedDeregulating Freight Transportation
Deregulating Freight Transportation is a thoughtful and timely book written by Paul Teske, Samuel Best, and Michael Mintrom. The authors describe how the movement to deregulate transportation finally succeeded and how it is saving the U.S. economy billions of dollars each year. Much of this book is the story of the ICC (Interstate Commerce Commission) [...]
1Aug1996 | Burton W. Folsom Jr. | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Railroads Of France
Mr. Rothbard is a free-lance writer and has taught economies at The City College of New York. Ever since railroads were established by private enterprise, they have been a favorite candidate for nationalization. France offers a typical story of government operation of the railroads. France took its first halting step toward nationalization of railways in [...]
1Sep1955 | Murray N. Rothbard | 0 comments | Continued-
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