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==Anarcho-capitalism== | ==Anarcho-capitalism== | ||
In 1949 Rothbard | In 1949 Rothbard concluded that the free market could provide all services, including police, courts, and defense services better than could the State. He was now officially an anarchist. Rothbard described the moral basis for his anarcho-capitalist position in two of his books, ''For a New Liberty'', published in 1972, and ''The Ethics of Liberty'', published in 1982. He described how a stateless economy would function in his book ''Power and Market.'' | ||
Rothbard proclaimed the right of self-ownership, that each person owned himself, and the right to private property, that each person owned the fruits of his labor. Accordingly, each person had the right to exchange his property with others. Rothbard defined the libertarian position through what is called the non-aggression principle, that "No person may aggress against anybody else." Rothbard attacked taxation as theft, because it was taking someone else's property without his consent. Further, conscription was slavery, and war was murder. Rothbard also opposed compulsory jury service and involuntary mental hospitalization. | |||
==Rothbard's law== | ==Rothbard's law== | ||