No, I cannot be a pure utilitarian…

Friday, June 24th, 2005

I have to agree with Tyler Cowen; this is just awful:

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that local governments may seize people’s homes and businesses — even against their will — for private economic development.

As a result, cities have wide power to bulldoze residences for projects such as shopping malls and hotel complexes to generate tax revenue.

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