A switch in a computer chip is either open or closed. There is no in-between, no range of adjustment, no third way. A great deal. When we focus on the nature of state and economy, we see that the framework is not analog but digital. It is force.
All government can do is compel.
Every activity it undertakes ultimately relies on coercion. In contrast, the marketplace is reason and eloquence arising in an environment in which people are free to better their circumstances by offering to better those of others. Every price is an offer. Every offer is an act of persuasion. The marketplace is creative.