On Sep 4, 10:09*am, blake murphy > wrote:

> i'm not talking about durable goods as much as food, meat and dairy
> products in particular. *i don't find the libertarian claim that 'the
> market™ will self-regulate safety' to be at all convincing.


Exactly. There are too many producers out there who will take short
cuts to increase profits....and endanger their consumers.