https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/5.aspxenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/218512.aspxSun, 14 Jun 2009 02:03:39 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:218512ivanfoofoo0https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/218512.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=5&PostID=218512<p>That was just excellent. One of the best papers regarding that issue.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/212054.aspxFri, 12 Jun 2009 08:39:34 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:212054Physiocrat0https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/212054.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=5&PostID=212054<p><a href="http://www.mises.org/journals/qjae/pdf/qjae10_4_1.pdf">http://www.mises.org/journals/qjae/pdf/qjae10_4_1.pdf</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>I read this a while back as I did, for a time, subscribe to the QJAE. He formulates the argument on purely essentialist grounds basing it on Rothbard&#39;s monopoly theory. Using this he shows that any any purely free market all persons and firms can&nbsp; rationally calculate; so charities and other non-profit organisations can be rational not just profit maximising firms. He also uses his theory to account for the existence of firms: that of the intellectual division of labour.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Check it out.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>