Roderick Long defines right-conflationism<\/i> as defending existing economic structures as if they were outcomes of a genuinely free market (what Kevin Carson calls vulgar libertarianism<\/i>), and left-conflationism<\/i> as using those outcomes to attack the concept of free markets. I hope my paraphrasing doesn’t offend either of them.<\/p>\n
Left-conflationism asks us to believe that Big Business, through its corrupt control of legislatures, prevents political interference in the market and goes no further<\/em>; that mere market freedom allows it to loot us so thoroughly that it does not seek subsidies or protection from competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Roderick Long defines right-conflationism as defending existing economic structures as if they were outcomes of a genuinely free market (what Kevin Carson calls vulgar libertarianism), and left-conflationism as using those outcomes to attack the concept of free markets. I hope … Continue reading