Are All Corporations Illegitimate? No.

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From: MM
Sent: Sun 1/1/2017 3:39 PM
To: Walter Block
Subject: RE: Unions. Corporations.

Libertarianism: Corporations are not private (individuals). Corporations are government created creatures. Any wealth, past, present, or future, derived from Corporation ownership is illegitimate. MM

Dear MM: I beg to disagree with you. I do not think all corporations are necessarily illicit. See on this issue the following:

Hessen, Robert. 1979. In Defense of the Corporation Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press,

Huebert, J. H. and Walter E. Block. 2008. “In Defense of Corporations, Tax Breaks, and Wal-Mart” November 24; http://www.jhhuebert.com/articles/corporations.html

Huebert, J. H. and Walter E. Block. 2008. “Response to Long on Corporations, Unions, and Wal-Mart.” December 12; http://jhhuebert.com/articles/response-to-long-on-corporations-unions-and-wal-mart/; http://www.jhhuebert.com/articles/corporations2.html; https://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/024387.html

Block, Walter E. and J.H. Huebert. 2008-2009. “Defending Corporations (reply to van Eeghen.)” Cumberland Law Review, Vol. 39(2), pp. 363-385; http://www.walterblock.com/wp-content/uploads/publications/block-huebert_defending-corporations-2009.pdf;
http://cumberland.samford.edu/lawreview/article/39/2
http://blog.mises.org/archives/010631.asp;
http://141.164.133.3/exchange/walterblock/Inbox/Re:%20reply%20to%20van%20Eeghen.EML/1_multipart_xF8FF_2_block-huebert_defending-corporations-2009.pdf/C58EA28C-18C0-4a97-9AF2-036E93DDAFB3/block-huebert_defending-corporations-2009.pdf?attach=1

Klein, Peter G. 2008. “Long on the corporation.” November 10;
http://archive.mises.org/008924/

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