Imposing values: an essay on liberalism and regulation

Rights, public goods, and externalities

Two views of the proper role of government

Fundamental rights

Public goods

Externalities

Private and public property

Ownership of productive assets

Tax policy

Transfer programs

Liberal conceptions of private property

Ownership of productive assets and personal property : some traditional incidents

The right to manage

The right of disposition

Ownership of labor and human capital

Self-ownership

The modern liberal regulatory agenda

Economic regulation

Noneconomic regulation and the modern liberal regulatory agenda

Common ground arguments

Presuppositions of a market economy

Fundamental rights and negative externalities

Public goods problems and public goods arguments

Public goods and collective values

Regulation and collective values

Regulatory public goods

The private provision of regulatory public goods

Nonmedical consumer product safety

Occupational licensure

Land use regulation

Regulation of the employment relation

Conversion arguments : employment law

Conversion arguments

Minimum wage and overtime pay

Equal pay for equal work

Family and medical leave

Regulation of collective bargaining

Conversion arguments : antidiscrimination law

Discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, and national origin

Sex discrimination

Age discrimination

Discrimination on the basis of disability

Conversion arguments : health and safety regulation

Occupational safety and health regulation

Consumer product health and safety regulation : the Food and Drug Administration

Nonmedical consumer product health and safety regulation

Occupational licensure

Conversion arguments : land use regulation

The Endangered Species Act

Section 404 of the Clean Water Act

Imposing values

Deciding on the proper scope of government

Public justification

The problem of faction and its relevance

The transparency requirement

Applications

The antidiscrimination regulatory regime

The occupational safety and health regulatory regime

The medical products regulatory regime.