The Public Goods Rationale for Government and the Circularity Problem

Tyler Cowen and Gregory Kavka

Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 2003, vol. 2, issue 2, 265-277

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1177/1470594X03002002006

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