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“invisible hand,” a metaphor that suggested that competition and the pursuit of self-interest organically leads to salutary social benefits.
“It’s the exercise of power, not the exercise of freedom, that requires justification.”
― The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
― The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
“Economic freedom means that people are free to produce and to exchange with others.”
― The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
― The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
“Only when government begins to hand out rewards on the basis of political pressure do we find ourselves involved in group conflict, pushed to organize and contend with other groups for a piece of political power.”
― The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
― The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
“3. We believe that people spend their own money more prudently than they spend other people’s money. So goods and services produced in the competitive marketplace are likely to be produced more efficiently and with more regard for real consumer demand than goods produced by government, and thus we should try to keep as many aspects of life as possible outside the control of government.”
― The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
― The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
“every government intervention in the marketplace tends to reduce wealth and the overall standard of living.”
― The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
― The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
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