"The modern state is largely a mechanism for transferring funds from one person to another. What we economists call public goods are provided by the state but are now only a part of it. The United States is not as far along in this procedure as many other countries, but in our case the federal government pays out in various types of transfers a significant percent of the amount it collects in taxes. Most of the European countries are even more dominated by the legacy of Bismarck."
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Public Goods, Redistribution and Rent Seeking (2005), Ch. 5 The legacy of Bismarck
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Gordon Tullock
Gordon Tullock (February 13, 1922– November 3, 2014) was an economist and retired Professor of Law and Economics at the George Mason University School of Law.
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