Monopoly and Competition

Given the temper of the times it was surprising that following the American Revolution there appeared proposals for national systems of education.

There are two views of monopoly within what might be called the broad Austrian camp.

Robert Nozick’s Anarchy, State, and Utopia (New York: Basic Books, 1974) is an “invisible hand” variant of a Lockean contractaria

Two objection have recently been made to the model of the free market without government.

Robert Nozick’s widely hailed Anarchy, State, and Utopia has been analyzed primarily in terms of the arguments he engages in with his fellow

Volume 18, Number 3 (Fall 1998)

An Interview With Dominick T. Armentano

In 1792, Thomas Paine sounded a cautionary note about the economics of empire:

In 1844 Massachusetts resident Lysander Spooner (1808–1887) advertised in the public press the establishment of the American Letter Mail Company.

The defense of government schooling, like government itself, is based on fallacies.

In almost every discussion of the FCC specifically, or American spectrum policy in general, someone will assert that radio spectrum is a unique res