Often, people lament that if only the masses were educated, motivated, and had forced politicians to follow the Constitution, the government could have been restrained to its rightful role of upholding liberty.
A number of years ago there was an interesting back and forth among libertarian scholars on the feasibility of free market anarchism — a society where law (security and arbitration) is provided entirely by private agencies.
The results are similar to past findings. Immigrants tend to consume less in total dollars, 21% less according to this report. But why do some other organizations consistently find different results?
I recently stumbled onto a critique of Anarcho-capitalism by the Objectivist, Harry Binswanger. Being a libertarian anarchist myself, I was curious of his arguments. Ultimately, I was disappointed.
There is this pervasive myth that if a firm's workers are recieving welfare, it amounts to a subsidy for the firm since it can then pay its workers less. This is absurd.
It is often taken as a given that the government is what creates order and peace in society. Sometimes, this is assumed merely because police and prisons exist, but...