1. Some difficulties in the existing theory of externalities - 2. Coase and all that - 3. More on why government? - 4. The poor - 5. The legacy of Bismarck - 6. Some biological problems - 7. The rich - 8. A survey of the existing system - 9. Rent seeking - 10. War - 11. Monarchies and dictatorships - 12. What, if anything, should we do?