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It is the first full treatise on the subject.
It is the first full treatise on the subject.
==See also==
* [[Public goods]]


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** [[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
** "Management versus Ownership: The Road-Privatization Debate" ([http://mises.org/journals/qjae/pdf/qjae4_2_4.pdf PDF]) by Laurent Carnis, Summer 2001
** "Management versus Ownership: The Road-Privatization Debate" ([http://mises.org/journals/qjae/pdf/qjae4_2_4.pdf PDF]) by Laurent Carnis, Summer 2001
 
** "New Directions in Road Privatization" ([http://mises.org/journals/scholar/road.pdf PDF]) by Laurent Carnis
** {{mb|17830|Road Shortage in Socialist Paradise|Per Bylund|July 2011}}


* Other media
* Other media
** [http://mises.org/media/3539 "The Privatization of Roads and Highways"] panel discussion with [[Walter Block]], January 2009 <small>([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e9kn1LKTHA YouTube])</small>
** [http://mises.org/media/3539 "The Privatization of Roads and Highways"] panel discussion with [[Walter Block]], January 2009 <small>([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e9kn1LKTHA YouTube], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUA4h8ctNWM abridged YouTube])</small>
** [http://www.mises.org/media/5270 "Privatization of Roads"] lecture by Walter Block, July 2010
** [http://www.mises.org/media/5270 "Privatization of Roads"] lecture by Walter Block, July 2010
** [http://www.mises.org/media/1440 Privatization: Roads, Eminent Domain] lecture by Walter Block, August 2004
** [[Lew Rockwell Show]]: [http://www.lewrockwell.com/lewrockwell-show/2008/08/20/23-road-socialism/ Road Socialism] interview with Walter Block, August 2008 <small>([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvY1aHAfX4w YouTube])</small>
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyPEgIDhj5s Taking Politics Out of Transportation: Economist Bruce Benson on Private Roads] news magazine by [[Reason.tv]], December 2010
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUULDlMPFYU Tolls, Not Taxes: How Americans Want to Fix Traffic Jams] news magazine by Reason.tv, February 2012
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5DCmDXJun4 Private Roads] news magazine by [[John Stossel]], 2010
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a2EhgADVFY The Case for Private Roads] segment from ''Stossel'', 2010
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmAgSOgJ7NY Infrastructure Spending] segment from ''Stossel'', 2011
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKXLqvfy3II There Were Private Roads Before Government Roads]


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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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