tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post4232430453007297143..comments2024-03-27T03:00:27.024-04:00Comments on Facts & other stubborn things: More Orwellian twisting of words I likeEvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12259004160963531720noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-71338077758420901242012-08-09T18:48:46.032-04:002012-08-09T18:48:46.032-04:00A market is just a network of exchanges. So a free...A market is just a network of exchanges. So a free market is a network of free exchanges. How is that absolutist or different than your preference for free commerce?Mattheus von Guttenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09404889240800715511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-86223903269103921832012-08-04T03:07:01.595-04:002012-08-04T03:07:01.595-04:00I don't like the term 'free market' as...I don't like the term 'free market' as it has this absolutist ring about it and markets are odd sorts of things to be "free". The appropriate boundaries of markets is, after all, a different question than their internal operations.<br /><br />What people seem to mean is something like "in favour of capitalist acts between consenting adults". Or, if you like, free commerce.Lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305933404442191098noreply@blogger.com