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.
Creating a Common Market for Fraud in the European Union
By Carolyn M. Warner
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article
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the Fall 2003 issue of The Independent Review.
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