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> The Economist, simply put, is liberal in the sense that it tends to favor less regulation on both these fronts: it favors legalization of drugs and gay marria
by maratd 13y ago
> The Economist, simply put, is liberal in the sense that it tends to favor less regulation on both these fronts: it favors legalization of drugs and gay marriage, but also less regulation for markets.
Wouldn't that make it libertarian?
- guga31bb 13y agoNo, the libertarian obsession with the gold standard and other poor economic policies preclude the Economist from being lumped in with them.
- maratd 13y ago> libertarian obsession with the gold standard I think it's more of an aversion to fiat currency, than an obsession with the gold standard. The jury is still out on that one, we haven't even broken the century mark on that.