Demand for government intervention arises chiefly when people 'bump up against each other' and harm one another; America's historical western frontier let people escape such conflicts by moving away, but having run out of frontier, the U.S. must now confront these conflicts directly like Europe.

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Speaker

Robert Frank

Evidence Quote

“here we had the the western frontier for most of our history when people bumped up against each other and started getting in each other's way it was easy enough just to move west and escape the problem”

Source

Robert Frank on Competition, Government, and Darwin 09/12/2011— EconTalk
Created: 6/17/2026, 9:48:29 AM

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