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Bryan Caplan is Pro-Market AND Pro-Business
Published 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Description
Mike welcomes back George Mason University economist Bryan Caplan to discuss Bryan’s latest collection, Pro-Market AND Pro-Business: Essays on Laissez-Faire.
Topics Mike & Bryan discuss include:
- Mike’s skepticism of big business and Bryan’s response
- why Bryan thinks businesspeople earn every penny
- the pro-market case for noncompete clauses
- consumer harm and antitrust law
- positive and negative externalities
- Bryan’s ideal pro-market healthcare system
- opportunity costs and using paper plates
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