In our November/December issue, Zach Carter reviewed Barry Lynn’s new book, Liberty From All Masters. In this exchange, Lynn takes exception to some of Carter’s critique, and Carter responds. This discussion sheds light on some fundamental questions about how to assess and remedy the problem of economic concentration, and whether free markets once purged of monopoly power are in fact efficient.

Response to Carter’s Review of Liberty From All Masters

It’s an honor to have Zach Carter review my latest book, Liberty From All Masters. He is one of America’s brightest young writers. It’s clear that Zach admires large portions of Liberty, as well as the larger project of the Open Markets Institute, the organization I founded to help protect democracy from unaccountable private power. Unfortunately, Zach’s review appears to misinterpret key aspects of my book and our work, and key tenets of the American democratic republican tradition that Open Markets aims to revive. These include:

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