>>> Michael Nuwer Jim Devine wrote: > I'd like to know how "free markets" and "private property" could exist > without the restrictions imposed by government.
^^^^^ CB: The repressive apparatus of the state, police, prisons, weapons, army are necessary conditions for the existence of private property, contracts. No government, no market. ^^^^^ I would add "corporations" to the list. Dean Baker makes some good points on this subject: http://www.conservativenannystate.org/cns.html#4
