Murray Rothbard
Social Welfare by Government Actions?
By petri on June 14, 2008
The purpose of this essay is to address the role of government for private market and to find out the extent and the scope that government’s involvement with private establishments can be justified by economics. It seems to be assumed that government has a fundamental and necessary role in the business of private enterprises. This is not merely an assumption—it is the current paradigm and dogma.
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The impossibility of 'Just Tax'
By petri on April 14, 2007
There are only net tax payers and net receivers in any given society where government coercion is practised. See why, explained by Murray Rothbard.
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Practical case of 'Make a law, make a business'
By petri on April 2, 2007
“Dillon, Read & Co. Inc. and the Aristocracy of Prison Profits” is a good case in point how the law is turned into a business driven by high level politics.
The Dunwalke-website puts it another way: “Make a law, make a business.” — Old New Jersey street saying.
See also Rothbard’s brief outlook of Wall Street, [...]
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Defences Services need no government
By petri on April 2, 2007
For many the government is the only option available when one is talking about defence. This does not need to be the case. Get convinced by reading an excerpt from Murray Rothbard’s Power & Market (pdf).
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Liberty and protection of the liberty
By petri on March 16, 2007
Our current societies involve a third party called government that is authorised to incur into any violent actions and force in order to protect its citizens. However just by watching the news it’s nothing new to realise that these powers are also used against the very people who give them to its agent, the state.
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