Lobbying for advantage and profiting morally

Published October 7, 2011 4:00am ET



When discussing the notion of “corporate social responsibility,” a standard libertarian response is “the responsibility of a corporation is to earn a profit.”

I understand the idea here, but I think it’s overly simplistic and ultimately destructive of the cause of free markets.

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