Buchanan: We justify coercion under the circumstances that we have informed consent. Bixell said, we ought to use the same logic for public goods and collective actions. He used the rather homely example of mosquito control. Buchanan: If your neighbors have a bunch of old spare tires laying around there tere their property, i do to.
More than we need rules, argues Michael Munger, we need rules about the rules. So does the United States need a new Constitution? Listen as the Duke University economist and political scientist talks to host Russ Roberts about public choice, consenting to coercion, and whether constitutions matter.