The Voluntary City: Choice, Community, and Civil Society

David T. Beitois associate professor of history at the University of Alabama. He is the author ofBlack Maverick: T.R.M. Howard's Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power,From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890–1967, andTaxpayers in Revolt: Tax Resistance during the Great Depression. He is the author of several scholarly articles and his popular articles have appeared in theAtlanta-Journal Constitution,National Review,Perspectives, andReason. He lives in Northport, Alabama.Peter Gordonis a professor in the University of California's School of Policy, Planning and Development. He and his colleagues have developed various economic impact models which they apply to the study of the effects of infrastructure investments or disruptions from natural events or terrorist attacks. Recent work involves the modeling and study of economic impacts. He has been published in most of the major urban planning, urban transportation, and urban economics journals. He lives in Los Angeles.Alexander Tabarrokis research director for the Independent Institute, assistant editor of theIndependent Review, and associate professor of economics at George Mason University. He is the editor ofChanging the Guard: Private Prisons and the Control of CrimeandEntrepreneurial Economics: Bright Ideas from the Dismal Science. His papers have appeared in theAmerican Law and Economics Review, theJournal of Law and Economics, theJournal of Health Economics, and theJournal of Theoretical Politics. He lives in Centreville, Virginia. David T. Beitois associate professor of history at the University of Alabama. He is the author ofBlack Maverick: T.R.M. Howard's Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power,From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890–1967, andTaxpayers in Revolt: Tax Resistance during the Great Depression. He is the author of several scholarly articles and his popular articles have appeared in theAtlanta-Journal Constitution,National Review,Perspectives, andReason. He lives in Northport, Alabama.Peter Gordonis a professor in the University of California's School of Policy, Planning and Development. He and his colleagues have developed various economic impact models which they apply to the study of the effects of infrastructure investments or disruptions from natural events or terrorist attacks. Recent work involves the modeling and study of economic impacts. He has been published in most of the major urban planning, urban transportation, and urban economics journals. He lives in Los Angeles.Alexander Tabarrokis research director for the Independent Institute, assistant editor of theIndependent Review, and associate professor of economics at George Mason University. He is the editor ofChanging the Guard: Private Prisons and the Control of CrimeandEntrepreneurial Economics: Bright Ideas from the Dismal Science. His papers have appeared in theAmerican Law and Economics Review, theJournal of Law and Economics, theJournal of Health Economics, and theJournal of Theoretical Politics. He lives in Centreville, Virginia. David T. Beitois associate professor of history at the University of Alabama. He is the author ofBlack Maverick: T.R.M. Howard's Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power,From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890–1967, andTaxpayers in Revolt: Tax Resistance during the Great Depression. He is the author of several scholarly articles and his popular articles have appeared in theAtlanta-Journal Constitution,National Review,Perspectives, andReason. He lives in Northport, Alabama.Peter Gordonis a professor in the University of California's School of Policy, Planning and Development. He and his colleagues have developed various economic impact models which they apply to the study of the effects of infrastructure investments or disruptions from natural events or terrorist attacks. Recent work involves the modeling and study of economic impacts. He has been published in most of the major urban planning, urban transportation, and urban economics journals. He lives in Los Angeles.Alexander Tabarrokis research director for the Independent Institute, assistant editor of theIndependent Review, and associate professor of economics at George Mason University. He is the editor ofChanging the Guard: Private Prisons and the Control of CrimeandEntrepreneurial Economics: Bright Ideas from the Dismal Science. His papers have appeared in theAmerican Law and Economics Review, theJournal of Law and Economics, theJournal of Health Economics, and theJournal of Theoretical Politics. He lives in Centreville, Virginia.