Chapter 4. Nuclear Weapons: Proliferation or Monopoly?
Chapter 3. Monarchy and War
Chapter 2. War, Peace, and the State
Chapter 1. The Problem of Security; Historicity of the State and “European Realism”
Introduction — The Myth of National Defense
Acknowledgments — The Myth of National Defense
Fewer than Half of Violent Crimes Are Solved in America
One of the central arguments in favor of the government’s monopoly on police powers is that government police are essential in “keeping us safe.” Without this “thin blue line” between chaos and order, we are told, society will descend into chaos.
How exactly this order is maintained by police, however, is less clear. In recent years, police agencies have insisted they have no legal obligation to directly intervene to protect people from threats posed by criminals. The courts have agreed.
Tucker Carlson’s Broadside Against Austrian Economics
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Fox News host Tucker Carlson took to the airwaves of this popular show last night to lambaste Austrian economics and libertarianism, which he views as twin pillars of a failed ideology that doesn’t protect American workers and their interests.
