Civil Disobedience and the Free-Rider Problem
Posted in Classical Liberalism, Market Failures, You Can't Have it Both Ways on Apr 7th, 2010
There are a large number of pieces of legislation on the books that are beyond silly, they are outright unjust and unfair. It may be somewhat shocking how often people choose to obey these rules and regulations, even if by doing so they are violating their own moral principles and hurting their own economic well-being. […]