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I don't think Reason is saying that this example proves that gov't intervention is flawed. I think they take it as a premise that gov't intervention is general
by Nwallins 17y ago
I don't think Reason is saying that this example proves that gov't intervention is flawed. I think they take it as a premise that gov't intervention is generally flawed, and the conclusion here is that we have an example of champions of gov't intervention disingenuously promoting this phenomenon as an example of why gov't intervention is needed.
- jacobolus 17y agoThe problem is that I don’t personally know of any “big-government” proponents who use QWERTY as an example of how regulation is necessary (only that they say it proves that markets can have path-dependency, and inefficiencies, &c., which is true whether this example holds or not).
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