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Ira Stoll on the Hidden Costs of the Texas Miracle

Reason Staff | 4.2.2012 4:30 PM

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It may indeed be the case that Texas is doing better than the rest of America because it has lower taxes and smaller government. But Ira Stoll was there for a quick trip this past weekend, and a libertarian utopia, it isn't.

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