The Libertarian Minimal State?: A Critique of the Views of Nozick, Levin, and Rand

Journal of Ayn Rand Studies 4 (1):141-160 (2002)
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Abstract

Walter Block discusses publications by Robert Nozick, the unjustifiably ignored Michael Levin, and Ayn Rand, each of whom has criticized anarcho-capitalism, the system that takes laissez-faire capitalism to its logical extension: here, all goods and services, particularly including courts, police, and armies would be provided by competing private firms and individuals. This paper considers their arguments and rejects them.

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Property rights in Celtic Irish law.Joseph R. Peden - 1977 - Journal of Libertarian Studies 1 (2):81-95.
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