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'''''The Privatization of Roads and Highways: Human and Economic Factors''''' is a treatise by American economist [[Walter Block]].
'''''The Privatization of Roads and Highways: Human and Economic Factors''''' is a treatise by American economist [[Walter Block]]. As the title suggests, the text makes the case for denationalizing all roadways, through a lengthy, detailed, and positive case that the privatization of roads would be socially optimal in every way. Block shows such an action would save lives, curtail pollution, save individuals money, massive amounts of time, introduce accountability, and make transportation a pleasure instead of a huge pain in the neck.
 
It is the first full treatise on the subject.


==Links==
==Links==
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** [http://mises.org/daily/3416 Introduction] "A Future of Private Roads and Highways"
** [http://mises.org/daily/3416 Introduction] "A Future of Private Roads and Highways"
** [http://mises.org/daily/3431 Excerpt] "The Road to Freedom: An Interview with Walter Block"
** [http://mises.org/daily/3431 Excerpt] "The Road to Freedom: An Interview with Walter Block"


* Articles, essays and reviews
* Articles, essays and reviews
** {{md|5498|Privatize the Highways — and All Roads for That Matter|Zachary Slayback|August 2011}}
** {{md|5498|Privatize the Highways — and All Roads for That Matter|Zachary Slayback|August 2011}}
** {{md|3415|New Ideas for Roads|[[Jeffrey Tucker|Jeffrey A. Tucker]]|April 2009}}
** {{md|3415|New Ideas for Roads|[[Jeffrey Tucker|Jeffrey A. Tucker]]|April 2009}}
** "Free Market Transportation: Denationalizing the Roads" ([http://mises.org/journals/jls/3_2/3_2_7.pdf PDF]) by  
** [[The Freeman]] Review: [http://www.thefreemanonline.org/book-reviews/the-privatization-of-roads-highways-human-and-economic-factors/ "The Privatization of Roads and Highways"] by Arthur E. Foulkes, April 2011
** "Free Market Transportation: Denationalizing the Roads" ([http://mises.org/journals/jls/3_2/3_2_7.pdf PDF]) by Walter Block
** {{mb|17360|A Step Closer to Privatizing Infrastructure?|Briggs Armstrong|June 2011}}
** {{mb|17360|A Step Closer to Privatizing Infrastructure?|Briggs Armstrong|June 2011}}
** [[The Free Market]]: [http://mises.org/freemarket_detail.aspx?control=202 "Private Roads"] by Eric Peters, February 1996
** [[The Free Market]]: [http://mises.org/freemarket_detail.aspx?control=202 "Private Roads"] by Eric Peters, February 1996
** "The Road- Privatization Debate" ([http://mises.org/journals/qjae/pdf/qjae4_2_4.pdf PDF]) by  
** "Management versus Ownership: The Road-Privatization Debate" ([http://mises.org/journals/qjae/pdf/qjae4_2_4.pdf PDF]) by Laurent Carnis, Summer 2001
 


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The Privatization of Roads and Highways: Human and Economic Factors  
Author(s) Walter Block
Country United States
Subject(s) Economics
Genre(s) Non-fiction
Publisher Edwin Mellen Press
Publication date 2006 (1st edition)
Media type Print
Pages 381 p. (1st edition)
475 p. (2nd edition)
ISBN 0773458417
OCLC Number 64487353

The Privatization of Roads and Highways: Human and Economic Factors is a treatise by American economist Walter Block. As the title suggests, the text makes the case for denationalizing all roadways, through a lengthy, detailed, and positive case that the privatization of roads would be socially optimal in every way. Block shows such an action would save lives, curtail pollution, save individuals money, massive amounts of time, introduce accountability, and make transportation a pleasure instead of a huge pain in the neck.

It is the first full treatise on the subject.

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