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more on mom-and-pop shops

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1240, 16th September, 2010
I’ve said before that the free market can deliver an appropriate number and selection of little mom-and-pop shops.  Those who disagree usually want government to step in and interfere with the ability of people to legitimately go about their daily business by using tax dollars and the full physical force of the law to crush [...]
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we all admit the existence of exploiters

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1604, 3rd September, 2010
I’m in the awkward position of being a pretty radical libertarian.  Given the opportunity, I would whittle down government interference in the economy down to zero.  And by government interference in the economy, I mean any attempt to redistribute income by force from the rich to the poor, or from the poor to the rich.  [...]
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big box stores and the free market

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1600, 1st May, 2010
There’s a lot of talk these days about the “big box stores:”  Walmart, Kmart, Kroger, etc.  A lot of people think the stores are predatory by nature and are destroying Mom-and-Pop shops to the detriment of society and joy and goodness.  The argument is that we would all prefer little local stores but somehow the [...]
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