Government Failure

People often talk of "market failure," but generally only public choice theorists talk of "government failure" in any kind of systematic way.

"We need government to help us protect the environment..."

Look at the list of Superfund sites...

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Superfund_sites_in_the_United_States
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Military_Superfund_sites
• http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/29/AR2008062901977.html
• http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/military/article_78dc31fe-50a5-51cb-b981-a337f000971d.html