Stanisław Wójtowicz

Stanisław Wójtowicz holds a PhD in literary criticism from the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań, and is currently pursuing a PhD in philosophy at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. His academic interests include libertarian political theory and the economics of stateless societies. He has published numerous scholarly articles on libertarianism, economics and literature. He runs the largest Polish blog on libertarianism at stanislawwojtowicz.pl. He was a 2025 Summer Fellow at the Mises Institute, working on a research project on the feasibility of anarcho-capitalism. He can be reached at stanwojtow@gmail.com.

Articles

Does Cartelization Threaten the Feasibility of Anarcho-Capitalism?

09/29/2025 Mises Wire Stanisław Wójtowicz

One of the objections against anarcho-capitalism is that without government supervision, businesses will form cartels. However, free markets have their own ways of undermining these arrangements.

Will Private Defense Agencies Wage War—or Keep the Peace?

09/22/2025 Mises Wire Stanisław Wójtowicz

A common objection to anarcho-capitalism is that only the state can offer workable defense services to people through police and the armed forces, as private defense agencies would have an incentive to be at constant war. This objection, however, is not valid.

Anarcho-Capitalism: The Nine Most Important Objections

08/05/2025 Mises Wire Stanisław Wójtowicz

“Anarcho-capitalism is good in theory, but it would never work in the real world.” That is a common objection to anarcho-capitalsim, but is it correct? What are the objections and how do we answer them. Stanisław Wójtowicz provides some answers.

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Anarcho-Capitalism: The Nine Most Important Objections

08/05/2025 Stanisław Wójtowicz

"Anarcho-Capitalism is good in theory, but it would never work in the real world." That is a common objection to A-C, but is it correct? What are the objections and how do we answer them. Stanisław Wójtowicz provides some answers.

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