Ocupation: Novelist
Life: February 2, 1905 - March 6, 1982
Birthday: February 2
Death: March 6
Every coercive monopoly was created by government intervention into the economy: by special privileges, such as franchises or subsidies, which closed the entry of competitors into a given field, by legislative action.
- Ayn Rand
source: "The Voice of Reason" by Ayn Rand, 1989.
topic: Government, Special, Liberty, Government Intervention