REVIEW ESSAY ON JOHN TOMASI’S: “FREE MARKET FAIRNESS”

Walter E Block

Abstract


Free market fairness is a book written by a brilliant philosopher from Brown University, one of the most prestigious institution of higher learning on the planet. He sets for himself a task worthy of his own and his school's reputation: setting up a new philosophy, called  "market democracy." It is to be an amalgam of classical liberalism, which he deems to be of the right, and what he characterizes as "high liberalism," or social justice, or progressivism, or Rawlsianism which is properly categorized as on the left. Does he succeed in this endeavor? I cannot believe that he does. But, he makes a valiant effort in this direction, which is replete with numerous insights in political economic philosophy. However, his efforts are also marred by what I am unhappy to report as many fallacies, some even very basic. This is a good read, although it will be infuriating to Rothbardian (purist) libertarians, such as the present author.

Keywords


Free market fairness, libertarians, libertarianism, liberalism, economics

Full Text:

PDF

References


Anderson, Terry and Hill, P.J. 1979. "An American Experiment in Anarcho-Capitalism: The Not So Wild, Wild West," Journal of Libertarian Studies, 3: 9-29; http://mises.org/journals/jls/3_1/3_1_2.pdf

Andersson, Anna-Karin. 2007. “An alleged contradiction in Nozick’s entitlement theory.” Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 21, No. 3, Fall: 43–63; http://mises.org/journals/jls/21_3/21_3_3.pdf

Aristophanes. 1953. “Speech from Plato's Symposium.” Translated by Benjamin Jowett; Collected Works of Plato, 4th Edition, Oxford U. Press, (189c-189d) p 520 to (193d-193e) p 525; http://www.anselm.edu/homepage/dbanach/sym.htm

Barnett, Randy. 1977. "Whither anarchy? Has Robert Nozick justified the state?". The Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, Winter, pp. 15-22; http://mises.org/journals/jls/1_1/1_1_3.pdf

Barnett, William and Walter E. Block. 2006. “On Hayekian Triangles.” Procesos De Mercado: Revista Europea De Economia Politica; Vol. III, No. 2, Fall, pp. 39-141; http://tinyurl.com/2zkvj7; http://mises.org/journals/scholar/block18.pdf;

Benson, Bruce L. 1989. Enforcement of Private Property Rights in Primitive Societies: Law Without Government," The Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. IX, No. 1, Winter, pp. 1-26; http://mises.org/journals/jls/9_1/9_1_1.pdf

Benson, Bruce L. 1990. “Customary Law with Private Means of Resolving Disputes and Dispensing Justice: A Description of a Modern System of Law and Order without State Coercion.” The Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. IX, No. 2,” pp. 25-42; http://mises.org/journals/jls/9_2/9_2_2.pdf

Block, Walter. 1969. “Voluntary Slavery.” The Libertarian Connection, Vol. I, No. 3, April 13, pp. 9-11.

Block, Walter E. 1979. Book review of Nancy C. Baker, Baby Selling: the Scandal of Black Market Adoptions, New York: The Vanguard Press, 1978; in Libertarian Review, January, Vol. 7, No. 12, pp. 44-45.

Block, Walter E. 1988. “Rent-a-womb market,” Thunder Bay Ontario Daily; June 26.

Block, Walter. 1990. "Earning Happiness Through Homesteading Unowned Land: a comment on 'Buying Misery with Federal Land' by Richard Stroup," Journal of Social Political and Economic Studies, Vol. 15, No. 2, Summer, pp. 237-253.

Block, Walter. 1996. "Hayek's Road to Serfdom," Journal of Libertarian Studies: An Interdisciplinary Review, Vol. 12, No. 2, Fall, pp. 327-350, http://www.mises.org/journals/jls/12_2/12_2_6.pdf; reprinted in Ama-gi: Journal of the Hayek Society at the London School of Economics, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 22-25

Block, Walter. 1999. “The Gold Standard: A Critique of Friedman, Mundell, Hayek, Greenspan,” Managerial Finance, Vol. 25, No. 5, pp. 15-33; http://giorgio.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContainer.do?containerType=Issue&containerId=13529; http://www.mises.org/etexts/goldcritique.pdf

Block, Walter E. 1999. “Market Inalienability Once Again: Reply to Radin,” Thomas Jefferson Law Journal, Vol. 22, No. 1, Fall, pp. 37-88; http://www.walterblock.com/publications/market_inalienability.pdf

Block, Walter. 2000. “Watch Your Language,” February 21; http://www.mises.org/fullarticle.asp?control=385&month=17&title=Watch+Your+Language&id=19

Block, Walter E. 2001. "Alienability, Inalienability, Paternalism and the Law: Reply to Kronman," American Journal of Criminal Law, Vol. 28, No. 3, Summer, pp. 351-371; http://www.walterblock.com/publications/reply_to_kronman.pdf

Block, Walter. 2002A. “Homesteading City Streets; An Exercise in Managerial Theory,” Planning and Markets, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 18-23; September, http://www-pam.usc.edu/volume5/v5i1a2s1.html; http://www-pam.usc.edu/

Block, Walter. 2002B. “On Reparations to Blacks for Slavery,” Human Rights Review, Vol. 3, No. 4, July-September, pp. 53-73

Block, Walter E. 2002C. “A Libertarian Theory of Secession and Slavery,” June 10; http://www.lewrockwell.com/block/block15.html; http://libertariantruth.wordpress.com/2006/12/08/a-libertarian-theory-of-secession-and-slavery/

Block, Walter. 2002D. “The Libertarian Minimal State?” A critique of the views of Nozick, Levin and Rand, Journal of Ayn Rand Studies, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 141-160; reprinted in Younkins, Ed, ed., 2004. Philosophers of Capitalism: Menger, Mises, Rand and Beyond; http://www.walterblock.com/publications/minimal_state.pdf

Block, Walter E. 2003. “Toward a Libertarian Theory of Inalienability: A Critique of Rothbard, Barnett, Gordon, Smith, Kinsella and Epstein,” Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol.17, No. 2, Spring, pp. 39-85; http://www.mises.org/journals/jls/17_2/17_2_3.pdf

Block, Walter E. 2004. “Are Alienability and the Apriori of Argument Logically Incompatible?” Dialogue, Vol. 1, No. 1. http://www.uni-svishtov.bg/dialog/2004/256gord6.pdf

Block, Walter E. 2005A. “Ayn Rand and Austrian Economics: Two Peas in a Pod.” The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies. Vol. 6, No. 2, Spring, pp. 259-269

Block, Walter. 2005B. “Government and Market: A Critique of Professor James Buchanan’s What Should Economists Do?” Corporate Ownership & Control, Vol. 3, No. 1, Fall, pp. 81-87; http://tinyurl.com/38ul7l

Block, Walter E. 2006. “Epstein on alienation: a rejoinder” International Journal of Social Economics; Vol. 33, Nos. 3-4, pp. 241-260

Block, Walter E. 2007A. “Secession,” Dialogue. No. 4; pp. 1-14; http://www.uni-svishtov.bg/dialog/2007/4.07.WB.pdf

Block, Walter E. 2007B. "Alienability: Reply to Kuflik.” Humanomics Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 117-136; http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do;jsessionid=0685BBB744173274A5E7CE3803132413?contentType=Article&contentId=1626605

Block, Walter. 2007. “Anarchism and Minarchism; No Rapprochement Possible: Reply to Tibor Machan,” Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 21, No. 1, Spring, pp. 91-99; http://www.mises.org/journals/jls/21_1/21_1_5.pdf

Block, Walter E. 2008 [1976]. Defending the Undefendable. Auburn, AL: The Mises Institute

Block, Walter E. 2009A. “Yes, Sell Rivers! And Make Legal Some Slave Contracts” The Tyee. July 25; http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2009/07/24/SellRivers/

Block, Walter E. 2009B. “Privatizing Rivers and Voluntary Slave Contracts” July 27; http://www.lewrockwell.com/block/block134.html

Block, Walter E. 2011A. “Governmental inevitability: reply to Holcombe.” Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 22; pp. 667-688; http://mises.org/journals/jls/22_1/22_1_34.pdf

Block, Walter E. 2011B. “Illiberal Libertarians: Why Libertarianism is Not a Liberal View, and a Good Thing, Too; Reply to Samuel Freeman” Journal of Libertarian Studies; Vol. 22, pp. 537–580; http://mises.org/journals/jls/22_1/22_1_27.pdf

Block, Walter E. 2012. Yes to Ron Paul and Liberty. New York: Ishi Press; http://www.amazon.com/dp/4871873234; http://libertycrier.com/education/walter-blocks-new-book-on-ron-paul/; http://libertyunbound.com/node/862

Block, Walter E. 2014. “Evictionism and Libertarianism.” Journal of Medicine and Philosophy. Volume 35, Issue 2, pp 290-294; http://jmp.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/04/27/jmp.jhu012.full?keytype=ref&ijkey=3n1zc8zcBRnT586; http://jmp.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/jhu012?ijkey=3n1zc8zcBRnT586&keytype=ref

Block, Walter E. 2016. “Contra Hoppe and Brat on immigration.” Management Education Science Technology journal, Vol 4, No. 1, pp. 1-10; http://mest.meste.org/MEST_1_2016/Sadrzaj_eng.html; http://mest.meste.org/MEST_1_2016/7_01.pdf

Block, Walter E. and Thomas J. DiLorenzo. 2000. “Is Voluntary Government Possible? A Critique of Constitutional Economics,” Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Vol. 156, No. 4, December, pp. 567-582; http://www.walterblock.com/publications/voluntary_govt.pdf

Block, Walter E. and Thomas J. DiLorenzo. 2001. "The Calculus of Consent Revisited," Public Finance and Management, Vol. 1, No. 3; electronic journal, url: www.spaef.com

Block, Walter E. and Michael R. Edelstein. 2012. “Popsicle sticks and homesteading land for nature preserves.” Romanian Economic and Business Review. Vol. 7, No. 1, Spring, pp. 7-13; http://www.rebe.rau.ro/REBE%207%201.pdf

Block, Walter v. Richard Epstein. 2005. “Debate on Eminent Domain.” NYU Journal of Law & Liberty, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 1144-1169

Block, Walter E. and Michael Fleischer. 2010. “How Would an Anarchist Society Handle Child Abuse?” October 13; http://www.lewrockwell.com/block/block167.html

Block, Walter E. and Nathan Fryzek. 2015. “Was It Immoral to Vote for Ron Paul? And other libertarian questions and answers.” November 26; http://www.targetliberty.com/2015/11/was-it-immoral-to-vote-for-ron-paul.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TargetLiberty+%28Target+Liberty%29

Block, Walter and Kenneth M. Garschina. 1996. "Hayek, Business Cycles and Fractional Reserve Banking: Continuing the De-Homogenization Process," Review of Austrian Economics, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 77-94; http://www.mises.org/journals/rae/pdf/rae9_1_3.pdf; http://www.mises.org/journals/rae/pdf/r91_3.pdf

Block, Walter and Guillermo Yeatts. 1999-2000. “The Economics and Ethics of Land Reform: A Critique of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace’s ‘Toward a Better Distribution of Land: The Challenge of Agrarian Reform,’” Journal of Natural Resources and Environmental Law, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 37-69

Boettke, Peter J. 2001. Calculation and Coordination: Essays on Socialism and Transitional Political Economy. London: Routledge, 2001. http://www.mises.org/etexts/cc.pdf

Bylund, Per. 2005. “Man and Matter: A Philosophical Inquiry into the Justification of Ownership in Land from the Basis of Self-Ownership.” Master thesis, Lund University, spring semester (June); http://www.uppsatser.se/uppsats/a7eb17de8f/; http://perbylund.com/academics_polsci_msc.pdf; http://www.essays.se/essay/a7eb17de8f/; http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=24965&postid=1330482

Bylund, Per. 2012. “Man and matter: how the former gains ownership of the latter.” Libertarian Papers, Vol. 4, No. 1; http://libertarianpapers.org/articles/2012/lp-4-1-5.pdf

Casey, Doug. 2010. “Doug Casey on Anarchy.” March 31; http://www.caseyresearch.com/cwc/doug-casey-anarchy

Childs, Roy A. Jr. 1977. "The invisible hand strikes back," The Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, Winter, pp. 23-34; http://mises.org/journals/jls/1_1/1_1_4.pdf

De Jasay, Anthony. 1985. The State, Oxford: Basil Blackwell

de Molinari, Gustave. 1977.The Production of Security, New York: Center for Libertarian Studies

DiLorenzo, Thomas J. 1984. "The Domain of Rent-Seeking Behavior: Private or Public Choice?", International Review of Law and Economics, December.

DiLorenzo, Thomas J. 1987. "Competition and Political Entrepreneurship: Austrian Insights into Public Choice Theory," Review of Austrian Economics, Fall; http://mises.org/journals/rae/pdf/RAE2_1_3.pdf

DiLorenzo, Thomas J. 1988. "Property Rights, Information Costs, and the Economics of Rent Seeking," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Spring

DiLorenzo, Thomas J. 1990. "The Subjectivist Roots of James Buchanan's Economics," Review of Austrian Economics, Spring; http://mises.org/journals/rae/pdf/RAE4_1_6.pdf

DiLorenzo, Thomas J. 2002. "George Stigler and the Myth of Efficient Government," Journal of Libertarian Studies, Fall.

DiLorenzo, Thomas J. 2010. “The Culture of Violence in the American West: Myth versus Reality.” The Independent Review, v. 15, n. 2, Fall 2010, pp. 227–239; http://www.independent.org/pdf/tir/tir_15_02_4_dilorenzo.pdf

DiLorenzo, Tom and Walter E. Block. 2001. “Constitutional Economics and the Calculus of Consent,” The Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 15, No. 3, Summer, pp. 37-56; http://www.mises.org/journals/jls/15_3/15_3_2.pdf

DiLorenzo,Thomas. 2016. The Problem with Socialism. Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing

Ebeling, Richard M. 1993. "Economic Calculation Under Socialism: Ludwig von Mises and His Predecessors," in Jeffrey Herbener, ed., The Meaning of Ludwig von Mises, Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Press, pp. 56-101

Evers, Williamson M. 1977. "Toward a reformulation of the law of contracts," The Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, Winter, pp. 3-14; http://mises.org/journals/jls/1_1/1_1_2.pdf

Frederick, Danny. 2014. “Voluntary Slavery,” Las Torres de Lucca 4: 115-37, http://www.lastorresdelucca.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=145:laesclavitud-

Friedman, Milton and Walter E. Block. 2006. “Fanatical, Not Reasonable: A Short Correspondence Between Walter E. Block and Milton Friedman (on Friedrich Hayek).” Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 20, No. 3, Summer, pp. 61-80; http://www.mises.org/journals/jls/20_3/20_3_4.pdf

Gordon, David. 2013. “Zwolinski on the NAP.” April 9; http://bastiat.mises.org/2013/04/zwolinski-on-the-nap/

Gregory, Anthony. 2011. “Abolish the Police.” May 26; http://www.lewrockwell.com/gregory/gregory213.html

Grotius, Hugo. 1625. Law of War and Peace (De Jure Belli ac Pacis), 3 volumes; translated by A.C. Campbell, London, 1814

Guillory, Gil & Patrick Tinsley. 2009. “The Role of Subscription-Based Patrol and Restitution in the Future of Liberty,” Libertarian Papers 1, 12; http://libertarianpapers.org/2009/12-the-role-of-subscription-based-patrol-and-restitution-in-the-future-of-liberty/

Hamowy, Ronald. 1961. “Hayek’s Concept of Freedom: a Critique.” New Individualist Review; Vol. 1, No. 1; http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?Itemid=280&id=1267&option=com_content&task=view

Hasnas, John. 1995. “The myth of the rule of law.” Wisconsin Law Review 199; http://faculty.msb.edu/hasnasj/GTWebSite/MythWeb.htm

Hayek, Friedrich A. 1935a. “Socialist Calculation Debate: The Present State of the Debate” In Friedrich A. Hayek (Ed.), Collectivist Economic Planning: Critical Studies on the Possibility of Socialism. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. 1935. Pp. 201-43.

Hayek, Friedrich A. 1935b. “The Nature and History of the Debate.” In Friedrich A. Hayek (Ed.), Collectivist Economic Planning: Critical Studies on the Possibility of Socialism. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. 1935. Pp. 1-40.

Hayek, Friedrich A. 1940. "Socialist Calculation: The Competitive 'Solution'". Economica, Vol. 7 (May): 125-49.

Hayek, F.A. 1948. "Socialist Calculation I, II, & III," Individualism and Economic Order, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Heinrich, David J. 2010. “Justice for All Without the State.” The Libertarian Standard. May 6; http://www.libertarianstandard.com/articles/david-j-heinrich/justice-for-all-without-the-state/

Henderson, David R. 1980. “A Step Toward Feudalism: The Chrysler Bailout.” Cato Policy Analysis No. a. January 15; http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/PA00Aes.html

Higgs, Robert. 2009. “Why We Couldn't Abolish Slavery Then and Can't Abolish Government Now.” August 20; http://www.lewrockwell.com/higgs/higgs128.html

Higgs, Robert. 2012. “What is the point of my libertarian anarchism?” January 16; http://archive.lewrockwell.com/higgs/higgs180.html

Hobbes, Thomas. 1943. Leviathan, London: J.M. Dent, Everymans Library

Hoff, Trygve J.B. 1981. Economic Calculation in a Socialist Society, Indianapolis: Liberty Press

Hoppe, Hans Hermann. 1988A. "On the Ultimate Justification of the Ethics of Private Property," Liberty, September

Hoppe, Hans Hermann. 1988B. "The Justice of Economic Efficiency," Austrian Economics Newsletter. Winter

Hoppe, Hans Hermann. 1988C. "From the Economics of Laissez Faire to the Ethics of Libertarianism," in: Walter E. Block & Llewellyn H. Rockwell, eds., Man, Economy, and Liberty: Essays in Honor of Murray N. Rothbard. Auburn, AL: The Mises Institute.

Hoppe, Hans-Hermann. 1988D. “Utilitarians and Randians vs Reason.” Liberty (November): 53–54; http://www.libertyunbound.com/sites/files/printarchive/Liberty_Magazine_November_1988.pdf

Hoppe, Hans-Hermann. 1989. A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism. Economics, Politics, and Ethics, Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers. http://www.hanshoppe.com/publications/Soc&Cap.pdf

Hoppe, Hans-Hermann. 1993. The Economics and Ethics of Private Property: Studies in Political Economy and Philosophy, Boston: Kluwer

Hoppe, Hans-Hermann. 1995. Economic Science and the Austrian Method. Auburn, AL: The Ludwig von Mises Institute; http://www.mises.org/esandtam/pes1.asp; http://www.mises.org/esandtam/pfe3.asp; http://mises.org/pdf/esam.pdf

Hoppe, Hans-Hermann. 1999. “The private production of defense.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 14, no. 1 (Winter): 27–52; http://mises.org/journals/jls/14_1/14_1_2.pdf

Hoppe, Hans-Hermann. 2004. “The Production of Law and Order: Natural Order, Feudalism, and Federalism” September 6; http://mises.org/media/1278/The-Production-of-Law-and-Order-Natural-Order-Feudalism-and-Federalism/6

Hoppe, Hans-Hermann. 2008. “Reflections on the Origin and the Stability of the State.” June 23; http://www.lewrockwell.com/hoppe/hoppe18.html

Hoppe, Hans-Hermann. 2011A. “Of Private, Common, and Public Property and the Rationale for Total Privatization,” Libertarian Papers Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 1-13. http://libertarianpapers.org/2011/1-hoppe-private-common-and-public-property/

Hoppe, Hans-Hermann. 2011B. “State or Private Law Society.” April 10; http://www.lewrockwell.com/hoppe/hoppe26.1.html

Huebert, Jacob. 2010. Libertarianism Today. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger

Kershnar, Stephen. 2003. “A Liberal Argument for Slavery,” Journal of Social Philosophy, 34 (4): 510-36.

King, Seth. 2010. “Daily Anarchist Interviews Walter E. Block ,” September 9; http://www.lewrockwell.com/block/block165.html

Kinsella, Stephan N. 2003. “A libertarian theory of contract: title transfer, binding promises, and inalienability” Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 17, No. 2, Spring, pp. 11–37; http://www.mises.org/journals/jls/17_2/17_2_2.pdf

Kinsella, Stephan N. 2006. “How we come to own ourselves” September 7; http://www.mises.org/story/2291

Kinsella, Stephan N. 2009A. “What Libertarianism Is.” August 21; https://mises.org/library/what-libertarianism

Kinsella, Stephan N. 2009B. “Homesteading, Abandonment, and Unowned Land in the Civil Law.” May 22; http://blog.mises.org/10004/homesteading-abandonment-and-unowned-land-in-the-civil-law/

Kinsella, Stephan. 2009C. “The Irrelevance of the Impossibility of Anarcho-Libertarianism.” August 20; http://www.stephankinsella.com/2009/08/20/the-irrelevance-of-the-impossibility-of-anarcho-libertarianism/

Lester, Jan Clifford. 2000. Escape from Leviathan. St. Martin’s Press. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312234163/qid%3D989845939/107-8070279-6411737

Locke, John. 1948. An Essay Concerning the True Origin, Extent and End of Civil Government, in E. Barker, ed., Social Contract, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 17-19.

Long, Roderick. 2004. “Libertarian Anarchism: Responses to Ten Objections” http://www.lewrockwell.com/long/long11.html

Mackenzie, Doug. Unpublished. “Politics and Knowledge: Expectations Formation in Democracy”

McConkey, Michael. 2013. “Anarchy, Sovereignty, and the State of Exception: Schmitt’s Challenge.” The Independent Review, v. 17, n. 3, Winter, pp. 415–428. http://www.independent.org/pdf/tir/tir_17_03_05_mcconkey.pdf

McElroy, Wendy. 2013. “The Faux Slavery Analogy to Voting.” July 31; http://dailyanarchist.com/2013/07/31/the-faux-slavery-analogy-to-voting/

Mises, Ludwig von [1922] 1981. Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis. Translated by J. Kahane. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund; http://mises.org/books/socialism/contents.aspx

Mises, Ludwig von. 1977. A Critique of Interventionism, New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House; http://www.mises.org/etexts/mises/interventionism/contents.asp

Molyneux, Stefan. 2008. “The Stateless Society: An Examination of Alternatives.” http://www.mail-archive.com/libertarianenterprise@yahoogroups.com/msg02056.html

Mosquito, Bionic. 2014. “The Sanctity of Contract.” April 19; http://bionicmosquito.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-sanctity-of-contract.html

Mosquito, Bionic. 2015. “Walter Block, Specific Performance Contracts, and Abortion.” July 12; http://bionicmosquito.blogspot.com/2015/07/walter-block-specific-performance.html

Murphy, Robert P. 2005. “But Wouldn't Warlords Take Over?” July 7; http://mises.org/story/1855; http://mises.org/library/wouldnt-warlords-take-over

Murray, Charles. 1984. Losing Ground: American Social Policy from 1950 to 1980, New York: Basic Books

Nozick, Robert. 1974. Anarchy, state and utopia. New York: Basic Books.

Nozick, Robert. 1981. Philosophical Explanations, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press

Pasour, E. C., Jr. 1986. Rent Seeking: Some Conceptual Problems and Implications. Review of Austrian Economics 1: 123–43; http://mises.org/journals/rae/pdf/RAE1_1_8.pdf

Paul, Ellen Frankel. 1987. Property Rights and Eminent Domain. Livingston, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers

Pufendorf, Samuel. 1673. Natural law and the law of nations (De officio hominis et civis prout ipsi praescribuntur lege naturali)

Reisman, George. 2006. “Galbraith's Neo-Feudalism.” http://www.mises.org/web/2793

Rockwell, Lew. 2013. “What Would We Do Without the State?” March 31; http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/134782.html

Rothbard, Murray N. 1961. “A Fable for Our Times By One of the Unreconstructed.” http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard22.html

Rothbard, Murray N. 1972. “Should Libertarians Vote?” Outlook, April, p. 6.

Rothbard, Murray N. 1973. For a New Liberty, Macmillan, New York; http://mises.org/rothbard/newlibertywhole.asp

Rothbard, Murray N. 1975. “Society Without a State.” The Libertarian Forum, volume 7.1, January; http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard133.html

Rothbard, Murray N. 1977A. "Robert Nozick and the immaculate conception of the state, The Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, Winter, pp. 45-58; http://mises.org/journals/jls/1_1/1_1_6.pdf

Rothbard, Murray N. 1977B. “Do you hate the state?” The Libertarian Forum, Vol. 10, No. 7, July; http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard75.html

Rothbard, Murray N. 1981. “Frank S. Meyer: The Fusionist As Libertarian Manque.” Modern Age, Fall, pp. 352 363. https://mises.org/library/frank-s-meyer-fusionist-libertarian-manqu%C3%A9

Rothbard, Murray N. 1982. "Law, Property Rights, and Air Pollution," Cato Journal, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring; reprinted in Economics and the Environment: A Reconciliation, Walter E. Block , ed., Vancouver: The Fraser Institute, 1990, pp. 233-279; http://mises.org/story/2120; http://www.mises.org/rothbard/lawproperty.pdf; https://mises.org/library/law-property-rights-and-air-pollution-0

Rothbard, Murray. 1997. "Buchanan and Tullock's 'The Calculus of Consent," The Logic of Action II, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, pp. 269-274; http://library.mises.org/books/Murray%20N%20Rothbard/Economic%20Controversies.pdf

Rothbard, Murray N. 1998 [1982]. The Ethics of Liberty, New York: New York University Press. http://www.mises.org/rothbard/ethics/ethics.asp

Rothbard, Murray N. 2011. "Buchanan and Tullock's 'The Calculus of Consent," Chapter 5; Economic Controversies. Auburn, AL: Mises Institute; http://library.mises.org/books/Murray%20N%20Rothbard/Economic%20Controversies.pdf; https://mises.org/store/Economic-Controversies-P10459.aspx

Rothbard, Murray N. 2012. “The Class Struggle.” November 27; http://mises.org/daily/6234/The-Class-Struggle

Rothbard, Murray N. 2014. “48 Non-Libertarian Positions Held By Friedrich Hayek.” January 2; http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2014/01/48-non-libertarian-positions-held-by.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economicpolicyjournal%2FKpwH+%28EconomicPolicyJournal.com%29

Rozeff, Michael S. 2005. “Original Appropriation and Its Critics.” September 1. http://www.lewrockwell.com/rozeff/rozeff18.html

Sanders, John T. 1977. "The free market model versus Government: a reply to Nozick," The Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, Winter, pp. 35-44; http://mises.org/journals/jls/1_1/1_1_5.pdf

Schumpeter, Joseph A. 1942. Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, New York: Harper

Sowell, Thomas. 2015. “The Macro Growth of Micro-Totalitarianism.” June 16; http://www.targetliberty.com/2015/06/the-macro-growth-of-micro.html

Spooner, Lysander. 1966[1870]. No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority and A Letter to Thomas F. Bayard, Larkspur, Colorado: Rampart College; http://jim.com/treason.htm

Steiner, Hillel. 1994. An Essay on Rights, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers

Stringham, Edward (ed.) 2005. Anarchy, State, and Public Choice. Cheltanham, UK: Edward Elgar.

Stringham, Edward, ed. 2007. Anarchy and the Law: The Political Economy of Choice, Somerset, NJ: Transaction Publishers.

Tannehill, Morris and Linda Tannehill. [1970] 1984. The Market for Liberty, New York: Laissez Faire Books; http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig11/tannehill1.html

Thomson, Judith Jarvis. 1990. The Realm of Rights, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University

Tinsley, Patrick. 1998-1999. "With Liberty and Justice for All: A Case for Private Police," Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 14, No. 1, Winter, pp. 95-100; http://www.mises.org/journals/jls/14_1/14_1_5.pdf

Tomasi J. (2012). Free Market Fairness. Princeton: Princeton University Press. pp. 384.

Watner , Carl. 1982. “The Proprietary Theory of Justice in the Libertarian Tradition.” Journal of Libertarian Studies. Vol. 6, No. 3-4, Summer/Fall, pp. 289-316; http://mises.org/journals/jls/6_3/6_3_6.pdf

Watner, Carl. 2000. “Is Voting an Act of Violence?” April, The Voluntaryist. No. 103; http://voluntaryist.com/articles/103.html#.VzDxM0n2Y5s

Wenzel, Robert. 2013. “Robert Ringer's Strawman Anarchist.” February 2; http://archive.lewrockwell.com/wenzel/wenzel211.html

Woods, Tom. 2014. “Four things the state is not.” July 29;

www.mises.org/books/wizards/pdf; http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/07/no_author/4-things-the-state-is-not/

Zwolinski, Matt. 2013A. “Six Reasons Libertarians Should Reject the Non-Aggression Principle.” April 8; http://www.libertarianism.org/blog/six-reasons-libertarians-should-reject-non-aggression-principle

Zwolinski, Matt. 2013B. “What Do Libertarians Believe About the Non-Aggression Principle?” May 7; http://www.libertarianism.org/blog/what-do-libertarians-believe-about-non-aggression-principle


Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.