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"Indeed, a major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it... gives people what they..." — Milton Friedman
Indeed, a major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
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