The contemporary American city serves as evidence of government failure and as a focal point for crisismongering. In … city is most responsive to human aspirations when government is least intrusive. At no point do I argue that the market …, though I do favor drastically diminished government interven- tion in the cities, both to improve the potential for economic …

of exchange are not determined by buyers and sellers, however, but by the government or a legislature, then the assurance … of mutual advantage breaks down. Indeed, if the government sets the terms of exchange (by price fixing, for instance …

20 years, what had been a classic division of functions between the Federal Government and the States and localities has … become a confused mess. Traditional understandings about the roles of each level of government have been violated." The … source of the problem has been the intrusion of the federal government into many state and local matters with a consequent …