FaNL audio, chapter 12
The Public Sector, Part 3: Police, Law, and the Courts
The market and private enterprise do exist, wrote Murray Rothbard, and so most people can readily envision a free market in most goods and services. Probably the most difficult single area to grasp, however, is the abolition of government operations in the service of protection: police, the courts, etc.—the area encompassing defense of person and property against attack or invasion. How could private enterprise and the free market possibly provide such service? How could police, legal systems, judicial services, law enforcement, prisons—how could these be provided in a free market? We have already seen how a great deal of police protection, at the least, could be supplied by the various owners of streets and land areas. But we now need to examine this entire area systematically.
In this week's chapter of the For a New Liberty audiobook:
- Police Protection
- The Courts
- The Law and the Courts
- Outlaw Protectors
- National Defense
Chapter 12 of For a New Liberty is now available for podcast or download.
Next week:
"Conservation, Ecology, and Growth" …
(And if you don't want to wait for the free audio, you can always purchase the new, hardbound edition of Rothbard's manifesto here.)
