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Economics is Abstract Reasoning
“Economics, like logic and mathematics, is a display of abstract reasoning. Economics can never be experimental and empirical. Th
The State is a Protection Racket
“Yet how can there be better protection for A and B, if S must tax them in order to provide it? Is there not a contradiction w
An Inevitable Unity to Market Phenomena
“And it was realized that there is an inevitable unity to market phenomena that even power cannot undermine.
The Anti-Utopianism of Private-Property Anarchism
“As a reflection of this fundamental realism—anti-utopianism—of his private-property anarchism, Rothbard, unlike most contemporary political
Government’s War on the Creative Genius
“A genius is precisely a man who defies all schools and rules, who deviates from the traditional roads of routine and opens up new paths thro
The State’s Ultimate Monopoly
“The crucial monopoly is the State’s control of the use of violence: of the police and armed services, and of the courts—the locu
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