Free-market economists are quick to argue that government “services” are actually not helpful at all, or at least not as useful as services provided voluntarily in the private sector. Ironically, the standard economic critiques of drug prohibition and typical trade unions both rely on the assumption that government courts and police provide a net service.

In this article I’ll solve the apparent paradox and show that the case for getting the government out of some areas doesn’t require the government to have a monopoly in other areas (namely law and order). Read More

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