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Re: Just a reminder that freedom and anarchy are not the same thing

By: Cactus Flower in ALEA | Recommend this post (0)
Tue, 12 May 20 7:06 AM | 56 view(s)
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In fact, Adam Smith's argument is that the actions of private individuals engaged in commercial activity not only produces private benefits but also common goods.

The interesting questions for me is which sort of activities are done better by individual action, and which are done better by government. When I reach that point, I am not the least bit interested in political prejudices. Only in what works based on the available evidence.


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Re: Just a reminder that freedom and anarchy are not the same thing
By: Cactus Flower in ALEA
Tue, 12 May 20 5:58 AM 		Msg. 36162 of 54959

This isn't an argument that providing common goods through government is the only thing worth doing.

Of course not.

It's that governments (and the people who elect them) make judgements about the quantity of such goods they wish to purchase.

In a democracy, people may choose to purchase a whole bunch of common goods, or very few, or something in between. There are benefits and costs to any choice.


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