The European Union has expanded opportunities for legal and illegal rent seeking within Europe. In fact, the EU seems to reflect an almost deliberate effort by member states to protect special interests that benefit from fraud and corruption at the expense of unorganized taxpayers across the continent.

Carolyn M. Warner is an associate professor of political science at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.
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