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Policy

Going Bezirke

Where little platoons and little governments meet

John McClaughry | From the April 2001 issue

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Solving Problems Without Large Government: Devolution, Fairness, and Equality, by George W. Liebmann, Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 170 pages, $55

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Contributing Editor John McClaughry is a former member of the Vermont House of Representatives and Vermont Senate, the retired president of the Ethan Allen Institute, and the author of five law review articles on housing and land use issues.

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