The Politics Guys

Bryan Caplan is Pro-Market AND Pro-Business

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Mike welcomes back George Mason University economist Bryan Caplan to discuss Bryan’s latest collection, Pro-Market AND Pro-Business: Essays on Laissez-Faire.

Topics Mike & Bryan discuss include:

  • Mike’s skepticism of big business and Bryan’s response
  • why Bryan thinks businesspeople earn every penny
  • the pro-market case for noncompete clauses
  • consumer harm and antitrust law
  • positive and negative externalities
  • Bryan’s ideal pro-market healthcare system
  • opportunity costs and using paper plates

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