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Ep. 170 Bob Murphy Dissects the "Shopping Cart Theory" Allegedly Blowing Up the Case for Self-Governance

Bob Murphy Show
Bob Murphy Show
Episode • Dec 23, 2020 • 39m

Recently Tim Poole alluded to the so-called "shopping cart theory" of why self-governance is impossible. Specifically, because people can't even bother to take back the shopping cart when this is clearly the socially right thing to do, we can't hope to have a system relying on everyone's good nature. Bob explains what's wrong with this argument.

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