sorry for the lack of posts recently. things have been very busy around here and posts are likely to continue to be erratic for a couple of weeks. i’ve seen…
drugs
i want to get back to something a little more basic than recent posts. this topic helps to illustrate a pervasive violation of property rights in the united states (edit:…
i’m a field negro! (the oddness of nationalism)
it makes sense to be proud of certain things. if one has accomplished a goal, worked themselves into a good and honest person, set a new standard in a desired…
the mainstream utopian
state apologists, because their arguments are irrational, will often resort to the anecdotal claim that anarchism is a utopian ideal that would never work in the “real world”. of course,…
monopoly money
i had planned on continuing the series on market alternatives to government services with a post on security services, such as police. by now, though, i think it should be…
the state and national defense
we often hear calls from the establishment and their followers for a “strong national defense”. but, thanks to a poor understanding of the economics behind such an idea, this is…
the state and the justice market
now that we understand the coercive monopoly, let’s take a look at the effects it has on the markets it controls and what could be in those markets should the…
the state vs society: divide and conquer
as evil as the state is, i have to give its perpetrators credit for being really good at what they do. i guess centuries of refining criminal schemes on a…
monopoly, the state and you
monopoly is a bad word. it conjures up images of all sorts of private-entity ghouls and goblins. what is little known, is that there are actually two types of monopoly:…