The political passion for "social justice" is creating a larger free-rider problem and a problem of injustice.
Jeffery Marshall
Dr. Jeffery Marshall is a retired brigadier general with extensive experience in both the military and civil sectors. As an officer, he led the first multi-national team to rebuild the Afghan Security Forces and was the first J7 (Analysis and Assessments) at the US European Command. In the civil sector, he has led large programs and developed highly effective teams that won large contracts and re-competes. He has a doctorate in Leadership and Learning in Organizations (Ed.D.) from Vanderbilt and coursework toward a Ph.D. in political science at George Mason. He is a 1981 graduate from the United States Military Academy and holds an MBA from Johns Hopkins. He is married to Cynthia and has four sons and three grandchildren.
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In today's political climate, many people act against their own interests to avoid being attacked by others.
Free rider is a term related to the political commons and rent seeking. It is like rent seeking, except it is perhaps more nuanced and eventually discourages the effective use of public goods found in...
