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4. Suppose the population of the United States increases. What will
happen to the demand for national defense? What will happen to the
efficient quantity of defense?
5. How could a program that redistributes income from rich to poor be
considered a public good?
6. We noted that local governments typically supply tennis courts but
not bowling alleys. Can you give a public choice explanation for this
phenomenon? How about a public interest explanation?
7. Find out the turnout at the most recent election for student body
president at your school. Does the turnout indicate student apathy?
8. Some welfare programs reduce benefits by $1 for every $1 that
recipients earn; in effect, this is a tax of 100% on recipient earnings.
Who pays the tax?
9. Suppose the quality of elementary education is a public good. How
might we infer the demand for elementary school quality from
residential property values?
10. V.I. Lenin, founder of the former Soviet Union, wrote that “the State is
a machine for the oppression of one class by another.” Explain
whether Lenin’s view typifies the public interest or the public choice
school of public sector choice.
11. Sugar prices in the United States are several times higher than the
world price of sugar. This disparity results from a federal government
program that keeps enough foreign-produced sugar out of the United
States to hold U.S. sugar prices at a high level. The program raises the
price of all sweetened foods produced in the United States; it boosts
food costs for the average household by more than a hundred dollars
per year. Who benefits from the program? Why do you suppose it
exists?
Attributed to Libby Rittenberg and Timothy Tregarthen
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