Source: David Friedman’s Substack
by David Friedman
“Is my extreme version of free market capitalism better or worse than the mixed economies that are currently the norm of the developed world? Are they better or worse than some alternative set of institutions? There may be some issues for which there is an irresolvable conflict of interest, where one large group of people are better off with one answer and a different group with another. But on most of the big issues almost all of us should support about the same policies — if only we could agree on what the consequences of alternative policies would be. I have never met a socialist who was in favor of what I think the consequences of socialism would be and I doubt there are many libertarians who would approve of what a socialist thinks the consequences of their policies would be.” (07/14/25)
https://daviddfriedman.substack.com/p/arguments-with-interesting-leftists-f68