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The Public Goods Rationale for Government and the Circularity Problem

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  • Tyler Cowen
  • Gregory Kavka

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It has been suggested that the production of public goods through a government involves a circularity problem. Since government itself is a public good, how can we use government to produce other public goods? Several solutions to this supposed circularity are offered. Government is a unique kind of public good with some potentially self-generating and self-supporting features. The public goods theory of government remains intact, and this enterprise helps shed some light on the special features of government.

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  • Tyler Cowen & Gregory Kavka, 2003. "The Public Goods Rationale for Government and the Circularity Problem," Politics, Philosophy & Economics, , vol. 2(2), pages 265-277, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:pophec:v:2:y:2003:i:2:p:265-277
    DOI: 10.1177/1470594X03002002006
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