Hmm. I guess many free market proponents also conflate these issues, when they claim that free markets and wealth redistribution are opposed to each other. Tha

Hmm. I guess many free market proponents also conflate these issues, when they claim that free markets and wealth redistribution are opposed to each other. That said, I have sympathy for the idea that markets and welfare can work well together. I've long suspected that "the welfare state is a libertarian's wet dream", e.g. a system of universal basic income would allow more people to become entrepreneurs because the risk would be lower. Not sure how Ayn Rand missed that point.