... the services offered by government through its public service are already being offered too by the private sector. May I say, most of the times the private sector supplies these services in a more efficient way. People who follow the laissez-faire ideology argue that governments have been involved in activities which are inappropriate and that the size and role of government needs to be drastically cut back. The role of the government and the way it intervenes has always been highly debatable by the various ideologies and surely will remain highly debatable also in the future. As we have mentioned before, most of the activities carried out by government can be allowed to occur through the market system without the need of government intervention. There are a series of circumstances where this does not apply. Such situations include government regulations securing free entry to producers in the market, securing that the ...

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