The Cost of Rights: Why Liberty Depends on Taxes

Sunstein, Cass R.,Holmes, Stephen

ISBN 10: 0393320332 / ISBN 13: 9780393320336

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Cost of Rights: Why Liberty Depends on Taxes
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393320332
• ISBN 13: 9780393320336
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

To "fight for your rights," or anyone else's, is not just to debate principles but to haggle over budgets.

The simple insight that all legally enforceable rights cost money reminds us that freedom is not violated by a government that taxes and spends, but requires it―and requires a citizenry vigilant about how money is allocated. Drawing from these practical, commonsense notions, The Cost of Rights provides a useful corrective to the all-or-nothing feel of much political debate nowadays (The Economist).

About the Authors

Stephen Holmes teaches political science at Princeton University and New York University Law School.

Cass R. Sunstein teaches law and political science at the University of Chicago.