Planning for serfdom: legal economic discourse and downtown development

Prologue

Renaissance and counter-renaissance in urban life

The classical liberal perspective

The system of checks and balances

The political means versus the economic means

A new commons

a new tragedy

Classical liberals and individual liberty

Government regulation by general rules

Comparitive ideology: conservative theory, Liberal and left communitarian approaches, Libertarians, Classical liberalism compared

First principles and the concept of faith

Planning and serfdom: the polic power

Planning and serfdom: the purse power

Indianapolis: example of renaissance and counter-renaissance in urban life

The politics and economics of urban development

The philosphical constraints on urban development

Recommendations for proper urban development

Conclusions.