Cost of Rights Why Liberty Depends on Taxes

Name: Cost of Rights Why Liberty Depends on Taxes
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ISBN: 9780393320336

ISBN-10: 0393320332

ISBN-13: 9780393320336

Edition: 2000

Authors: Stephen Holmes, Cass R. Sunstein

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Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/17/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Common Sense about Rights



Why a Penniless State Cannot Protect Rights



All Rights Are Positive



The Necessity of Government Performance



No Property without Taxation



Watchdogs Must Be Paid



Why Rights Cannot Be Absolutes



How Scarcity Affects Liberty



How Rights Differ from Interests



Enforcing Rights Means Distributing Resources



Why Tradeoffs Are Inescapable



Why Rights Entail Responsibilities



Have Rights Gone Too Far?



The Unselfishness of Rights



Rights as a Response to Moral Breakdown



Understanding Rights as Bargains



How Religious Liberty Promotes Stability



Rightsholders as Stakeholders



Welfare Rights and the Politics of Inclusion


Conclusion: The Public Character of Private Freedoms



Some Numbers on Rights and Their Costs


Notes


Index