Alex Tabarrok wrote:
> It does seem, however, that this is a good case of concentrated
> benefits, diffuse costs.
Yes, but Wittman has a detailed answer to this story.
> In addition, there are serious constitutional
> issues involved in opening the market to free-entry because this would
> probably constitute a "taking."
Last time I checked, no one has ever successfully sued under the takings
clause for anything of this kind. Am I wrong?
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