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LARGE PRINT EDITION More at LargePrintLiberty.com
In this vision of a future society, the Belgian laissez-faire
economist Molinari suggests how many, if not most, public goods
could be provided by the free market or by radically decentralized
local governments.
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With A Letter To The Publisher And An Introduction By Hodgson
Pratt.
With A Letter To The Publisher And An Introduction By Hodgson
Pratt.
With A Letter To The Publisher And An Introduction By Hodgson
Pratt.
With A Letter To The Publisher And An Introduction By Hodgson
Pratt.
LARGE PRINT EDITION More at LargePrintLiberty.com.
The introduction to this stunning work is by Murray Rothbard, who
calls French radical Gustave de Molinari (1819-1912) the great
innovator in the market provision of security. Indeed, he might be
regarded as the first proponent of what is called
anarcho-capitalism. Molinari was steeped in the old liberal
worldview of Bastiat and hence was a dedicated champion of private
property and free markets. But Molinari took matters further to
argue that markets were also better at providing the service that
the state claimed was its monopoly privilege: the provision of
security itself. His singular contribution, then, was to lead us
away from the false assumption of Hobbes that somehow the state was
necessary to keep society from devolving into chaos. On the
contrary, argued Molinari, the voluntary society is the source of
order that comes from freedom itself. There is no contradiction or
even tension between liberty and security. If free enterprise works
well in one sector, it can work well in other sectors too. Molinari
was indeed a radical but in the sense that foreshadowed the
development of American libertarian thought: a radical for
capitalism in all areas of life, which is another way of saying
that he was a consistent champion of the fully free society.
Perhaps there was a time when people could regard the government
monopoly on police and courts as benign, part of the "night
watchman" state advocated by the old-time classical liberals. But
the march of the police state has changed that: we are more likely
to understand that the state's "security" services are the gravest
threat to liberty we face. In that sense, Molinari is the man of
the hour.
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