Domestic Agorism: Eastern Europe’s Example of Libertarianism Without Academic Guidance

Tags: Europe, Free Markets, Libertarianism

07/27/2026 Mark Mikhalov

The up and down experience with free markets in Eastern Europe following the fall of the Iron Curtain shows that free markets, while undermining the state, do not operate apart from state interference.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/domestic-agorism-eastern-europes-example-libertarianism-without-academic-guidance

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Domestic Agorism: Eastern Europe’s Example of Libertarianism Without Academic Guidance