In my latest Mises Wire article , I argued why I believe the State—or, for that matter, the collectivity—has no right to coerce individuals into taking vaccines. However, let’s assume someone retorted as follows: “Ok, I agree the State has no right to impose vaccinations upon citizens; that said, if one person (say, A) does infect another one
Among the several misgivings non-anarcho-capitalist people might have with anarcho-capitalism, there is the issue of public goods. Public goods, in fact, are supposed to be those goods which free markets cannot efficiently supply and allocate because of two properties: non-rivalry, i.e., the fact that A’s consumption of (public) good X does not
The action axiom can be stated as follows (Cf. Rothbard [1962, 1970] 2004 , pp. 1–2, 7–8, 19–20; Rothbard, 2011 , pp. 113, 290; Mises, [1949] 1998 , pp. 14–16): “Human beings engage in purposive behavior—i.e., they choose which scarce means are to be more fruitfully (or economically, or rationally) employed in order to satisfy their most
En mi último artículo de Mises Wire , argumenté por qué creo que el Estado —o, para el caso, la colectividad— no tiene derecho a coaccionar a los individuos para que se vacunen. Sin embargo, supongamos que alguien replica lo siguiente: «Vale, estoy de acuerdo en que el Estado no tiene derecho a imponer las vacunas a los ciudadanos; dicho esto, si
Entre los diversos recelos que los no anarcocapitalistas pueden tener con el anarcocapitalismo, está la cuestión de los bienes públicos. En efecto, se supone que los bienes públicos son aquellos que los mercados libres no pueden suministrar y asignar de forma eficiente debido a dos propiedades: la no rivalidad, es decir, el hecho de que el consumo
El axioma de la acción puede enunciarse de la siguiente manera (Cf. Rothbard [1962, 1970] 2004, pp . 1-2, 7-8, 19-20; Rothbard, 2011 , pp. 113, 290; Mises, [1949] 1998, pp. 14-16): «Los seres humanos se comportan de forma intencionada, es decir, eligen los medios escasos que deben emplearse de forma más fructífera (o económica, o racional) para
What is the Mises Institute?
The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard.
Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order. We believe that our foundational ideas are of permanent value, and oppose all efforts at compromise, sellout, and amalgamation of these ideas with fashionable political, cultural, and social doctrines inimical to their spirit.