Reader Questions vol I: Patents and Innovation

Frequent contributor (and my brother-from-another-mother) Tom suggests we add an “ask a libertarian” section.  Now we are hardly mouthpieces for a wildly diverse movement that is part party, part philosophy, and we won’t try to be. But we’re certainly glad to engage readers and try to shine some light on why we think freedom, limited [...]

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Positive-Sum vs. Zero-Sum

Once a friend claimed to me that a free market was ultimately unsustainable because in the long run, all wealth would be channeled to one person.  The implication here is that the government provides a necessary check to prevent such injustice.  The claim is one that addresses complex social and economic features of how humans [...]

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