Anarchy in the usA.

AuthorSteigerwald, Lucy
PositionBriefly Noted - Welcome to Free America - Brief article

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Welcome to Free America (lulu. corn) is a fictional how-to guide for immigrants to the shores of wild America in 2057. The collapse of the once-United States, as depicted by economist David Barker, begins in a way that will be all too recognizable to contemporary Americans: People want ever more extravagant government services but no new taxes.

The currency tanks, a few states revolt, and the federal government cracks down--but too late. From the chaos emerge private providers of roads and police services, then countless experiments in diverse modes of local governance. This fantasy world is not so...

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