Is there a right way to sell off public goods? It seems that there is…
Read more about this issue at http://www.urban.org/publications/900984.html
You can find other interesting information in the site of the Urban Institute, a nonpartisan economic and social policy research organisation. With its 10 research centers Urban Institute investigates public policy's impact and implementation – much of this research is of practical use and utility also to our European Union context.
Another worth to visit site:
“Can Dikes Be Private?: An Argument Against Public Goods Theory” by Philipp Bagus. Posted on 6/15/2007 in the site of the Ludwig von Mises Institute which is the research and educational center of classical liberalism, libertarian political theory, and the Austrian School of economics.
http://www.mises.org/story/2537
Though the article examines the case of dikes in Germany it can apply for any type of public good or service – be it a portal, an e-service or even public information collected, processed, archived or stored. The analogy to the general context of e-Government is left to the Ariadne readers!
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