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This entry appears to have received some very heavy left-libertarian edits recently. To anyone familiar with both sides of the spectrum (right- and left-libertarian ideas), this raises many good points but largely comes across as a bad-faith attempt to de-legitimize the connection between free markets and libertarianism.

A coordinated effort between multiple kinds of libertarians could present this information in a much more clear, fair-minded, and accurate manner.

Some of the clearest and most academic objections to left-libertarianism can be found below. None of these objections appear in the current Wiki page.

- https://research.hks.harvard.edu/publications/getFile.aspx?Id=99

- https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/social-philosophy-and-policy/article/selfownership-and-world-ownership-against-leftlibertarianism/63EB48F0208AFA46352564ECC4E835B9

- https://mises.org/library/left-and-right-within-libertarianism

And this is probably the most portable critique to the page that could be made immediately:

"The problem I often see in left-libertarian writing is the sense that the world of freed markets would look dramatically different from what we have. For example, would large corporations like Walmart exist in a freed market?  Left-libertarians are quick to argue no, pointing to the various ways in which the state explicitly and implicitly subsidizes them (e.g., eminent domain, tax breaks, an interstate highway system, and others).  They are correct in pointing to those subsidies, and I certainly agree with them that the state should not be favoring particular firms or types of firms.  However, to use that as evidence that the overall size of firms in a freed market would be smaller seems to be quite a leap.  There are still substantial economies of scale in play here and even if firms had to bear the full costs of, say, finding a new location or transporting goods, I am skeptical that it would significantly dent those advantages. It often feels that desire to make common cause with leftist criticisms of large corporations, leads left-libertarians to say “oh yes, freed markets are the path to eliminating those guys.” Again, I am not so sure. The gains from operating at that scale, especially with consumer basics, are quite real, as are the benefits to consumers." (https://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2012/11/on-the-edge-of-utopianism/)