tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post110088081110401447..comments2023-06-14T09:10:27.097-04:00Comments on Gray Falcon: "Why we fight"CubuCokohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14128683147101484237noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-1102587419311509832004-12-09T05:16:00.000-05:002004-12-09T05:16:00.000-05:00The Raimondo "Why We Fight" editorial was a beauty...The Raimondo "Why We Fight" editorial was a beauty.<br /><br />I think libertarians and genuine conservatives also need to think about breaking down the artificial firewall between their domestic policy analysis and foreign policy views.<br /><br />Here's what I mean.<br /><br />David Friedman (like Milton Friedman before him) argues that in "the political marketplace" small, well organised interest groups outgun the broader less well organised public interest. It's the concentrated versus the dispersed and the 'seen' versus 'the unseen'.<br /><br />I have some references to some discussion by David Friedman <A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.daviddfriedman.com%2FAcademic%2FPrice_Theory%2FPThy_Chapter_19%2FPThy_Chap_19.html">here</A> for anyone wanting to dig deeper.<br /><br />Market oriented thinkers are willing to apply this analysis to (say) tariff protection, but are apparently unwilling to jump the imaginary fence to discuss this effect at work in foreign policy.earth that washttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03635503399458271477noreply@blogger.com