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Solving the roads issue

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AaronBurr posted on Fri, Jul 1 2011 6:51 AM

The issue of roads comes up over and over again. We start from a position where roads are owned by some form of government and we all have rights to use them. It would seem to me  that a libertarian society would transfer ownership of the roads into a trust (or many trusts) that charges membership fees for their use by all vehicles and allows open access to walkers.

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To be clear, is this a proposed transition from state ownership to a free market, or a predicted result?

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The Privatization of Roads and Highways (introduction published as Mises Daily here.  Review, here)

"Free Market Transportation: Denatinoalizing the Roads" (PDF)

"Public Goods and Externalities: The Case of Roads"  (PDF)

"Private Roads

 

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its a proposal

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