anarcho-capitalism

Noun

Meaning

anarcho-capitalism (uncountable)

(politics, economics) A political and economic philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and other coercive institutions in favour of individual self-ownership and free market.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

ancap capitalist anarchism stateless capitalism private property anarchism

Examples

London. 2008. p. 565 "It is important to distinguish between anarchism and certain strands of right-wing libertarianism which at times go by the same name (for example, Murray Rothbard's anarcho-capitalism)." Source: Internet

He wrote his first paper advocating "private property anarchism" in 1949, and later came up with the alternative name anarcho-capitalism. Source: Internet

Friedman advocates an incrementalist approach to achieve anarcho-capitalism by gradual privatization of areas that government is involved in, ultimately privatizing law and order itself. Source: Internet

NO. 3 (2011) Various theorists have espoused legal philosophies similar to anarcho-capitalism. Source: Internet

Philosopher Albert Meltzer argued that since anarcho-capitalism promotes the idea of private armies, it actually supports a "limited State." Source: Internet

Spencer was not an anarcho-capitalist, however many of his ideas, including the Law of Equal Freedom, were precursors to modern anarcho-capitalism. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

anarcho-Bolshevik anarcho-bolshevism anarcho-Bolshevist anarcho-capitalist anarcho-capitalistic anarcho-capitalistically