American Experiment in Anarcho-Capitalism: The Not So Wild, Wild West

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07/30/2014 Journal of Libertarian Studies Terry Anderson P.J. Hill

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The growth of government during this century has attracted the attention of many scholars interested in explaining that growth and in proposing ways to limit it. As a result of this attention, the public choice literature has experienced an upsurge in the interest in anarchy and its implications for social organization.

Volume 3, Number 1 (1979)

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Anderson, Terry L., and P.J. Hill. "American Experiment in Anarcho-Capitalism: The Not So Wild, Wild West." Journal of Libertarian Studies 3, No.1 (1979): 9-29.

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