On the free market, everyone earns according to his productive value in satisfying consumer desires. Under statist distribution, … - Murray Rothbard

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I used to sketch - that's the way I thought out loud. Then they made a book of my sketches, and I got self-conscious, so now I don't do it much.

Murray Rothbard

On the free market, everyone earns according to his productive value in satisfying consumer desires. Under statist distribution, everyone earns in proportion to the amount he can plunder from the producers.

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