Daniella Bassi

Articles

Reassessing European Contact: Insights from Spanish America

02/18/2026 Power & Market Daniella Bassi

"There’s no doubt that the Americas [and its indigenous populations] were irrevocably changed by European contact. ... In this essay I invite readers to interpret the history of the Americas through a more useful thematic lens: rulers versus subjects."

Order without the State: Lessons from Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’s Florida Scrub

05/14/2024 Mises Wire Daniella Bassi

Do we need government to referee all of our property disputes? Throughout history, people have peacefully resolved disputes without the help of state authorities.

Thanks to Government Animal Control, Stray Animals Rule My Neighborhood

05/01/2024 Mises Wire Daniella Bassi

Animal control officers are supposed to, well, control animals in a municipal area. But thanks to animal control policies, it's the stray animals that are in control of our author’s town.

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The Canadian Arctic Fur Trade: A Case Study of Freedom

07/26/2025 Daniella Bassi

Daniella Bassi tells the remarkable story of the Arctic fur trade as a real-world case study in stateless order.

Thanks to Government Animal Control, Stray Animals Rule My Neighborhood

05/07/2024 Daniella Bassi

Animal control officers are supposed to, well, control animals in a municipal area. But thanks to animal control policies, it's the stray animals that are in control of our author’s town.

Privatize Driver’s Licenses

05/05/2024 Daniella Bassi

People often stubbornly hold to false beliefs, one of them being that government regulation of driving prevents chaos. However, the opposite seems to be true: government involvement in anything, including driving a car, creates the chaos we claim we want to avoid.

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