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When research partners have opposing views on economic freedom and government intervention

My research collaborator and I are writing about economic policy, but we keep hitting walls because they advocate for more redistribution and regulation while I believe in minimal government intervention and maximum individual economic freedom. Our different foundational beliefs are making it impossible to co-author coherent arguments.

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Two people trying to create something together are discovering that their intellectual collaboration requires navigating fundamental disagreements about the proper relationship between individuals and collective institutions.

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