Buckley and Posner

[Michael Perelman]

Is there a major public figure who really believes in the free market?
Certainly no body I know of in politics -- I have not followed Ron Paul
closely.

On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 04:51:06PM -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
> Michael Perelman wrote:
> 
> >I was thinking Panopicon-like.  Just make people do what you want--
> >especially work.  We are getting there.
> 
> That's not very free market - it's directly coercive. Money's 
> supposed to do the trick, and money makes it all look like free 
> choice.
> 
> Doug

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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929

Tel. 530-898-5321
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