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Old 10-30-2007, 01:04 AM
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Default Re: The Liberal Paradox

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The point is, if libertarianism can't provide for the most efficient solution (and a restriction of freedom can)

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Well there's your problem. A pareto superior action requires at least one party be made better off and none be made worse off. The second condition is impossible to meet under coercive action/exchange. It is only voluntary actions/exchanges that can possibly be "Pareto optimal".
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