Previously, I’ve suggested that the state should have a role within basic security provision, the courts and a basic income. However, upon continued studying of writers within the anarchist tradition, such as Rothbard and Carson, I have come to a new conclusion that there can be no parameters to the state, as the state itself is an illegitimate and coercive organisation that can have no real place within a libertarian world. Continue reading →

The idea of justice should be predicated around what is done legitimately. Within a free market system the ideas of private property and free exchange are the backbone of its justification, as these are the examples of individuals exchanging goods and services within their own property. Continue reading →

While Locke’s conception of the nation-state is that of a class state, his theory of private property does not defend a class system. Rather, the Lockean conception of private property is in contravention to Locke’s nation-state. Continue reading →

Within Hayek’s Individualism and Economic Order, we see an excellent explanation of the problems of allowing a central planner or any overarching authority to direct the economic actions of individuals and business. Continue reading →