TY  - BOOK
AU  - Holmes,Stephen
AU  - Sunstein,Cass R.
TI  - The cost of rights: why liberty depends on taxes 
SN  - 0393046702
AV  - JC599.U5 H55 1999
U1  - 323.0973 
PY  - 1999///]
CY  - New York
PB  - W.W. Norton
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - United States
KW  - Costs
KW  - Finance, Public
KW  - Government spending policy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-246) and index; Acknowledgments --; Introduction: Common Sense about Rights --; Pt. I; Why a Penniless State Cannot Protect Rights --; Ch. 1; All Rights Are Positive --; Ch. 2; The Necessity of Government Performance --; Ch. 3; No Property without Taxation --; Ch. 4; Watchdogs Must Be Paid --; Pt. II; Why Rights Cannot Be Absolutes --; Ch. 5; How Scarcity Affects Liberty --; Ch. 6; How Rights Differ from Interests --; Ch. 7; Enforcing Rights Means Distributing Resources --; Ch. 8; Why Tradeoffs Are Inescapable --; Pt. III; Why Rights Entail Responsibilities --; Ch. 9; Have Rights Gone Too Far? --; Ch. 10; The Unselfishness of Rights --; Ch. 11; Rights as a Response to Moral Breakdown --; Pt. IV; Understanding Rights as Bargains --; Ch. 12; How Religious Liberty Promotes Stability --; Ch. 13; Rightsholders as Stakeholders --; Ch. 14; Welfare Rights and the Politics of Inclusion --; Conclusion: The Public Character of Private Freedoms --; App; Some Numbers on Rights and Their Costs --; Notes --; Index
ER  -