Forget Earth: In Space, Libertarian Ideas Are Thriving
Dec 17, 2019•7 min
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Episode description
You may have heard the phrase “There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch,” perhaps in conversation with your parents when they wanted you to get a job. Its acronym—TANSTAAFL—pops up in subreddits like r/Anarcho_Capitalism, on sweatshirts from the politically inclined website LibertyManiacs.com, and as a nerdy economics rap on YouTube. Also: For the first eight years of the Libertarian party’s existence, TANSTAAFL was its official slogan.
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