Privatization of Roads

Tags: Fiscal Theory, Big Government, Free Markets, Taxes and Spending

07/31/2010 Walter Block

Some 40,000 people perish each year on U.S. highways, and the National Traffic Safety Administration blames this on speeding, DUI, driver error, while the real problem is Sovietization of streets and roads. Recorded at Mises University 2010.

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