The "Dog-Eat-Dog" Delusion

The “Dog-Eat-Dog” Delusion

Tags: Private Property, Value and Exchange, Legal System

01/03/2015 Gary Galles

Opponents of free markets sometimes describe market competition of dog-eat-dog, but that metaphor has nothing to do with markets and everything to do with politics and war, writes Gary Galles.

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