[scawf]

In some french city, bus have been made "free".

It's said that it's a net benefice for everyone:

- people move more, because it's free

- shop sells more because more people

- less cost induced by individual transport (less car on road = less damages, less pollution..)

[geomark]

As long as you put the word "free" in quotes then I am with you.

Although...just to nit pick a little. If you mean less road damage then keep in mind that road damage is proportional to the 4th power of vehicle weight. So buses cause enormously more road damage than cars.

[perl4ever]

Low transaction costs are an essential factor for free markets to function well, so when the government provides services at no charge, just because they are operating at a loss from an accounting perspective doesn't mean they aren't unlocking large amounts of wealth in the private sector.

People who claim to like markets tend these days to subscribe to a quasi-religious faith that markets are maintained by some ethereal force rather than human institutions. Free markets are an absolutely vital and fundamental aspect of the wealth and power of the developed world, but they cannot exist in their highest form apart from the centralized machinery that enables people to trust each other and easily buy and sell. If anarcho-libertarians were to break that down, perhaps society could still function at some level, but it would be vastly poorer until everything was rebuilt in some other form.

[ailideex]

It is also said that Jesus was the son of God