November, 2008

Artistic Freedom Vouchers

by Dean Baker
The Conversation
November 20th, 2008

In response to Roderick’s Round II comment on intellectual property, I don’t see that he has a viable alternative mechanism for financing work that I think we agree must get done. The idea of voluntary payments is intriguing, but can we do that in a way that insures that sufficient funds are devoted to the [...]

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Markets Achieve What the Left Wants Too

by Steven Horwitz
The Conversation
November 20th, 2008

First, I happily accept Roderick’s certification as a “non-vulgar libertarian.” I’m hoping he’ll get me the keys to the secret restroom, which I’m sure is cleaner than those in regular libertarian organizations (and certainly cleaner than those in the statist status quo) because these are cleaned by the owner-worker-managers themselves, rather than through hierarchical job [...]

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