We like to have a nice view and enjoy open spaces, ideally with other friendly people around. Libertarians believe market growth is the best way to achieve livable communities. Not only does political growth often fail to achieve its goals, but it produces undesired results. Political growth places its trust in government regulators. Market growth trusts people to make their own decisions.
Political growth puts people's property under the control of bureaucrats.
The following ten points outline the market growth approach. The first five points describe the sort of market institutions that help people deal with growth. The last five points criticize existing political impediments to smart growth. Principles of Market Growth 1. Encourage market stewardship of wilderness lands and open spaces.