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"The essays collected in this volume challenge the conventional wisdom that the state is necessary for the provision of security. Defense, like any other service, can be produced competitively on the free market, and there is no economic or ethical reason why this one category of goods should be exempt from market competition."

— Hoppe, Hans-Hermann event 2003

From The Myth of National Defense: Essays on the Theory and History of Security Production

Context: From Hoppe's introduction, laying out the central thesis of the anthology: the public-goods justification for a state monopoly on defense is a myth, not an economic law.

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public_off Anarcho-Capitalism security State Power trending_up Free Market key Property Rights