[ExI] Libertarianism wins again...

[Dan]

Um, yeah. I don't any real world economy, aside from very small regions or short durations -- that would characterized as other than a mixed economy. The US is a mixed economy too, don't you agree? Merely saying "mixed economy" resolves little here.
 
And the thing I was getting at was that the usual welfare state or mixed economies that are praised for having a huge government overhang in their economies actually have a much smaller one than is usually thought.
 
Regards,
 
Dan
From: Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: [ExI] Libertarianism wins again...

On 7/20/2011 4:23 PM, Dan wrote:
> people will point to, say, Sweden and shout, "It works!" not realizing
> that Sweden, overall, is far more market-oriented than most of the
> world, despite its vast welfare state.

This has been called, and theorized as, a "mixed economy" for more than half a century (and applies as well to Australia, fwiw).

Damien Broderick
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