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* [https://freecapitalists.org/books/the-privatization-of-roads-and-highways/ Full text at the Liberty Archive]
* [https://freecapitalists.org/books/the-privatization-of-roads-and-highways/ Full text at the Liberty Archive]
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* {{mr|4084|Resources page}} (including full text)
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** [https://mises.freecapitalists.org/daily/3416 Introduction] "A Future of Private Roads and Highways"
** [https://mises.freecapitalists.org/daily/3416 Introduction] "A Future of Private Roads and Highways"
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** {{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}}
** [[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
** [[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  
** "Free Market Transportation: Denationalizing the Roads" ([https://freecapitalists.org/journals/jls/3-2-7/ 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]]: [https://mises.freecapitalists.org/freemarket_detail.aspx?control=202 "Private Roads"] by Eric Peters, February 1996
** [[The Free Market]]: [https://mises.freecapitalists.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" ([https://freecapitalists.org/journals/qjae/qjae4-2-4/ PDF]) by Laurent Carnis, Summer 2001
** "New Directions in Road Privatization" ([http://mises.org/journals/scholar/road.pdf PDF]) by Laurent Carnis
** "New Directions in Road Privatization" ([https://freecapitalists.org/journals/scholar/road/ PDF]) by Laurent Carnis
** {{mb|17830|Road Shortage in Socialist Paradise|Per Bylund|July 2011}}
** {{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], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUA4h8ctNWM abridged YouTube])</small>
** [https://freecapitalists.org/books/economics-of-the-free-society/ "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
** [http://www.mises.org/media/1440 Privatization: Roads, Eminent Domain] lecture by Walter Block, August 2004

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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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