Beyond the Wit of
Man to Force: Voluntaryism and Land Use Controls
by Carl Watner
A history of zoning and land-use controls in the USA. "In a free society,
land use controls and building codes would exist under the framework of
private covenants and insurance company standards (to be met as a
precondition to obtaining insurance coverage)."
Fallacies
of the Public Goods Theory and the Production of Security
by Hans-Herman Hoppe
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Neo-puritan
anarcho-federalism
by Lee McCracken
"One of the most important tasks of any would-be anarchist is to
explain how certain vital functions currently performed (however
imperfectly) by the state will continue to be performed in its
absence. ... What were previously thought to be "public" goods
such as law, defense, roads, etc. can and will be offered as
services by for-profit organizations in a stateless order."
(11/27/02)
Public Goods and the
Justification for the State
by Dan Garrett
A review of David Schmidt's The Limits of Government: An Essay on
the Public Goods Argument.
A Short History of
Highway and Vehicle Regulations
by Carl Watner
"The development of the automobile, in contrast to the history of the
socialized roads upon which it runs, was largely a free market phenomenon.
Suckers, Free Riders,
and Public Goods
by Robert Sugden
A review of Anthony de Jasay's Social Contract, Free Ride.
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