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A '''quasi-governmental organization''' is one that has some, but not all, of the defining characteristics of a [[government]]. Examples include hospitals,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mises.org/daily/141/Public-and-Private|title=Public and Private|author=Rockwell, Llewellyn H.|date=27 January 1999}}</ref> certain electricity grid exchanges and operators,<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://mises.org/freemarket_detail.aspx?control=361|journal=The Free Market|date=July 2001|volume=19|number=7|author=Sennholz, Hans|title=How to Create an Energy Crisis}}</ref> [[Freddie Mac]] and [[Fannie Mae]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mises.org/daily/2676/|title=The Fed Bought What?|date=13 August 2007|author=Koning, John Paul}}</ref> the [[World Bank]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mises.org/daily/1722/|title=Bullies and Their Pulpits|date=20 January 2005|author=Goldsmith, Gardner}}</ref> and common pools resource associations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mises.org/daily/3125/Too-Tasty-to-Fail|title=Too Tasty to Fail|author=MacKenzie, D.W.|date=1 October 2008}}</ref> [[Lew Rockwell]] described political parties as "quasi-official agencies within the fabric of the State."<ref>{{cite web|title=Libertarianism is a Revolutionary Movement|url=http://mises.org/daily/2557/Libertarianism-is-a-Revolutionary-Movement|date=20 April 2007|author=Rockwell, Llewellyn H.}}</ref>
A '''quasi-governmental organization''' is one that has some, but not all, of the defining characteristics of a [[government]]. Examples include hospitals,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mises.freecapitalists.org/daily/141/Public-and-Private|title=Public and Private|author=Rockwell, Llewellyn H.|date=27 January 1999}}</ref> certain electricity grid exchanges and operators,<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://mises.freecapitalists.org/freemarket_detail.aspx?control=361|journal=The Free Market|date=July 2001|volume=19|number=7|author=Sennholz, Hans|title=How to Create an Energy Crisis}}</ref> [[Freddie Mac]] and [[Fannie Mae]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mises.freecapitalists.org/daily/2676/|title=The Fed Bought What?|date=13 August 2007|author=Koning, John Paul}}</ref> the [[World Bank]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mises.freecapitalists.org/daily/1722/|title=Bullies and Their Pulpits|date=20 January 2005|author=Goldsmith, Gardner}}</ref> and common pools resource associations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mises.freecapitalists.org/daily/3125/Too-Tasty-to-Fail|title=Too Tasty to Fail|author=MacKenzie, D.W.|date=1 October 2008}}</ref> [[Lew Rockwell]] described political parties as "quasi-official agencies within the fabric of the State."<ref>{{cite web|title=Libertarianism is a Revolutionary Movement|url=https://mises.freecapitalists.org/daily/2557/Libertarianism-is-a-Revolutionary-Movement|date=20 April 2007|author=Rockwell, Llewellyn H.}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 04:09, 16 August 2026

A quasi-governmental organization is one that has some, but not all, of the defining characteristics of a government. Examples include hospitals,[1] certain electricity grid exchanges and operators,[2] Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae,[3] the World Bank,[4] and common pools resource associations.[5] Lew Rockwell described political parties as "quasi-official agencies within the fabric of the State."[6]

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