Squeezing Utils out of the Final Frontier

Tags: Entrepreneurship

04/11/2007 Mises Wire Jerry Kirkpatrick

Last year J.H. Huebert discussed a new ad model of placing advertisements in space.

While this idea has received praises in the past, it has also been poo-pooed by a wide range of individuals, including those against the commercialization of space.

And they are not alone, as the State both directly and indirectly stymies entrepreneurial activity in the cosmos.

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