Mises Wire
Author:
Murray N. Rothbard
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[ Excerpted from chapter 6 “Antimarket Ethics: A Praxeological Critique” of Power and Market . ] One of the most common charges levelled against the free market (even by many of its friends) is that it reflects and encourages unbridled “selfish materialism.” Even if the free market—unhampered capitalism—best furthers man’s “material” ends, critics