Pretty much. The idea of the commons has been in many ways the proposition that Smith and Ricardo tried to formalize in their own work. It’s sad that it’s an idea which is seen as antiquated despite its utility. Roads are a form of commons but even today people are proposing their complete privatization in the US. It’s really creepy how capitalism has destroyed what little we have left of the commons which has brought us to the modern world. Because without the commons both conceptually and physically there can be no free trade, no free movement of workers, and definitely no free enterprise as defined. In essence, a free market is one that is held in common for all and not for those who merely own a title to property.
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