Discuss and debate Lindbloom’s argument in light of what we know about the wide range of variation in spending on the welfare state and in the extension of citizenship rights across the rich world.
According to Lindbloom (R18) the citizens of democratic societies with market economies are caught in a vice of sorts. If they wish to expand their rights as citizens, they must often constrain their property rights (and vice versa). So, for instance, a “right to breath clean air” may involve constraining the rights of power companies to burn coal as they […]
