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  1. Fred E. Foldvary Ph.D. (teaches economics)

    Present address: Santa Clara University, California

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  1. economics, George Mason University, Virginia

    Fred E. Foldvary Ph.D. (teaches economics)

  2. Economics, Santa Clara University, USA

    Daniel B. Klein Ph.D. (Associate Professor)

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His areas of research include public finance, public choice, social ethics, and the economics of real estate.

He has written in several areas of public policy and in economic and political philosophy more generally. This paper is a variant of the first chapter of a forthcoming (NYU Press/Cato Institute) volume of the same name and edited by the same authors.

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Foldvary, F.E., Klein, D.B. The half-life of policy rationales: How new technology affects old policy issues. Know Techn Pol 15, 82–92 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12130-002-1007-z

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