That individuals act the same in public and private life is a useful assumption in public choice analysis, but it shouldn’t blind us to the basic truth that decent people do not seek political power over others.
Public Choice and Political Leadership
By Robert Higgs
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the Winter 1996/97 issue of The Independent Review.
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