# How do libertarians deal with inelastic demand? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 2, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-libertarians-deal-with-inelastic-demand/811662 "2018-04-02T19:53:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 41
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-libertarians-deal-with-inelastic-demand/811662/41 "2018-04-16T21:35:42Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > I’m not going to wade through a 50-page document. If you can synopsize it in a paragraph or two, at least sufficient to motivate me to skim the 50 pages, fine. > > If not, I’ll have to assume that either you don’t understand Rothbard’s idea, or that there’s no idea there to understand. It would be quite a sidetrack. Start a thread if you would like to discuss it further. “That is the opposite of the correct criticism. The main problem with classical libertarianism is that it doesn’t allow enough pollution. Under libertarian theory, pollution is a form of violent aggression that should be banned, as Murray Rothbard insisted numerous times. OK, but what about actual practice, once all those special interest groups start having their say? Historically, under the more limited government of the 19th century, it was big business that wanted to move away from unpredictable local and litigation-driven methods of control, and toward a more systematic regulatory approach at the national level. ” > **[Paul Krugman on Gary Johnson, libertarianism, and pollution - Marginal...](https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2016/09/paul-krugman-gary-johnson-libertarianism-pollution.html)** > > Paul Krugman is upset that many Millennials are toying with the idea of voting for Gary Johnson rather than Hillary Clinton.  He offers a number of arguments, here is one of them: What really struck me, however, was what the \[Libertarian Party\]... --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-libertarians-deal-with-inelastic-demand/811662)._