Acknowledgments
I wish to thank several colleagues and friends for taking an interest
in this project and for helping me along the way. Richard Boyland,
Bryan Caplan, Nicole Crain, Matt Dobra, John Dunham, Jim Miller,
Clair Smith, Dean Stansel, Bob Tollison, and Wayne Winegarden of-
fered constructive comments on the manuscript. In addition, four
anonymous reviewers for the University of Michigan Press offered
detailed suggestions on an earlier draft. Carol Robert assisted cheer-
fully in the chores required to move the project forward from its
crudest stages to the Anal product. I am grateful to my editor, Ellen
McCarthy, for her oversight, encouragement, excitement, and pa-
tience. Mary Meade, Kevin Rennells, and Ann Schultz at the Univer-
sity of Michigan Press guided me through the production hoops. Jean
Crain and John Gilchrist provided the family push that never allowed
me to give up. Alexander Crain and Juliet Crain made me want to
connect to at least two readers 20 years down the road. I am also
grateful to many students at George Mason University who listened
patiently to a host of half-baked ideas. Partial Anancial support for
the project was generously provided by the James M. Buchanan Cen-
ter for Political Economy, the Center for Study of Public Choice, the
Mercatus Center, and the Phillip Morris Management Corporation.
All errors remain my responsibility.