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Dick Clark

Great content, poor binding

Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2006

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This book, as with Walter Block's other works, is incisive, compelling, and very readable. Unfortunately, Edwin Mellen Press has typeset, printed, and bound the book in a slipshod manner which can only be described as appalling. Many readers have run into expensive volumes published by academic publishers, but this one takes the cake:

-the cloth used for the hardcover on this new book (2006) already looks old and weather-beaten

-my copy literally had a curved spine with the cloth improperly attached (immediately visible to any bibliophile or even non-bibliophile)

-the images on the front and back cover are distorted/pixelated

-the images on the front of the book look to be taken from an early-nineties clip art collection

-the actual innards of the book are of low-quality paper

-the MS Word-esque layout and formatting of the text reminds one of early print-on-demand books, with text that is too small and with too much spacing

This book is chock-full of amazing, fascinating content, but brace yourself for disappointment at the shoddy job by the printer/bindery on this book that is going for over $100 as I write this. I recommend this book to those interested in the subject matter, but others may want to spend their time praying for a second edition whose binding quality matches the quality of the content within.

PBY

Almost 40,000 deaths per year on our public roads and no one ever asks if there is a better way.

Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2015

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Walter Block is the standard bearer for the true libertarian movement. It's such a wonderful response to those people who still believe government is necessary. The patented response when libertarians say that we don't need government is for someone to ask 'well who will build the roads.' This book is the perfect response. Although it is about roads, a little bit of thinking along the same lines and you will clearly see how the world would function so much better without power hungry psychotics in charge.

Midnight

Privatization of Roads & Highways

Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2010

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In a world where road costs are paid for by citizens and controlled by a government unaccountable to those citizens, then the idea of privatizing the roadways makes sense. In today's world the private industry already builds and maintains our roads but under the direction of a bureaucratic organization that wastes more money than it employs to actually care for the roads. Since when has a politician ever been a road designer & engineer? Even if they were engineers it is probably safe to say the small wages paid to government workers does not draw first in class engineers. It's as if we have cut out the middle man by privatizing the repair and building of the highways but tied the private sector up so they cannot operate efficiently. In the end we pay for the inefficient. In this book it is laid out how we can effectively get the roads fixed and save money in the long run. It offers novel ways to meet these ends that will reduce costs and eliminate waste by removing the bureaucrats. It will also reduce costs by reducing government. Our roads would be our own and not up for sale to foreign interests as a commodity as so many tollways have recently been marketed.

Taking control of our roadways removes so many monetary obstacles thrown in our way but bureaucrats haggling over what fund they can rob to pay Paul or themselves. There are many good and functional ideas presented in this book to take back our roadways and make them safer, more economical and useful in the future.

D. Cole

I love this book

Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2015

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I always love Mr. Blocks writing, and this book is no exception. The Argument of "Who will build the flat surfaces to drive on if not for government" is officially answered as far as I am concerned. Technically it has been for quite some time, but this just fills in some lesser known pieces. The statist authoritarians don't have a single leg to stand on at this point.

Keith Wiggans

Wealth of knowledge

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2017

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This book contains so many arguments for the privatization of roadways. But the true value is Block goes through most, if not all objections to privatization and defeats them.

PittsburghJD

Loaded with great info

Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2019

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Great eyeopening book

Jason

Awesome Book - Read and Expand your Mind

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2013

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Don't be a Road Socialist - read this book and learn the power of free markets! Walter Block is a legend and all of his books destroy the theory of Socialism.

Roberto F. Chiocca

Freedom is the best solution!

Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2009

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In this great book Walter Block show that in any circunstances freedom is always the best solution for every conflict that can possibly occur beteween individuals. Roads and streets, and every single piece of land should be private, no land should belong to "us all" or even worse, to the State.
Read this book and you will understand what I am saying.

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Austin del Rio

Incredible!

Reviewed in Canada on February 6, 2017

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Incredible book. Revolutionary and a must read. Thought provoking and mind blowing read. I have been convinced of the efficacy of free markets in roads.

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