For thousands of years, peoples of the world have assumed that government is society s natural problem-solving agency. No matter how many times it disappoints, the public keeps coming back for more. In this exciting new book, political scientist James Payne details the power of this unexamined cultural presumption, showing how it gives rise to fallacies and dysfunctions across the political landscape. A ray of hope is the recent emergence of thinkers and activists who have transcended this traditional faith, the libertarians, who advocate neighborly principles of social action.
