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?


-- 
                        Prof. Bryan Caplan                
       Department of Economics      George Mason University
        http://www.bcaplan.com      [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
        "He lives in deadly terror of agreeing;
         'Twould make him seem an ordinary being.
         Indeed, he's so in love with contradiction,
         He'll turn against his most profound conviction
         And with a furious eloquence deplore it,
         If only someone else is speaking for it."
                  Moliere, *The Misanthrope*

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