出版社：Liberalni Institut, University of Economics, Prague
摘要：Charitable giving suffers from market failure, which means government
redistribution and other forms of social insurance can be justified. According to market
failure theorists, charitable giving for poverty alleviation suffers from a free-rider
problem. In a free market, giving will, therefore, be underprovided. Using insights
from public choice theory and Austrian economics, our paper finds market failure
arguments to be an insufficient justification for government intervention. Private
charity and redistribution respects autonomy and is more robust in creating incentives
for people to help the poor.
