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The excellent Perry de Havilland at Samizdata seems to be working on popularizing the term "minarchy" as a rule of the smallest government we can get away with, and still get the job done.
Why are libertarians so interested in philosophy? Ann Althouse 2007
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Great – so if I am too poor to pay taxes but receive only the umbrella of national defense, the court system and other desiderada of libertarian minarchy should I be disenfranchised?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Federalism Restoration Amendment: Take 2 2010
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That libertarian dreams of a privatized or completely dismantled Medicare system haven't come to pass is no more relevant than dreams of minarchy.
What libertarians should, and shouldn't, be blamed for Ezra Klein 2011
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Ross Douthat is right to say that worrying about what would happen if Ron Paul seized ultimate power and decreed America a minarchy probably isn't a good use of anyone's time.
What libertarians should, and shouldn't, be blamed for Ezra Klein 2011
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But where Douthat thinks that minarchy is used as a way to dismiss libertarians, in practice, I've tended to find it their first line of defense -- the right's version of "well, Marxism has never really been tried."
What libertarians should, and shouldn't, be blamed for Ezra Klein 2011
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Libertarians shouldn't have to answer for minarchy.
What libertarians should, and shouldn't, be blamed for Ezra Klein 2011
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Great–so if I am too poor to pay taxes but receive only the umbrella of national defense, the court system and other desiderada of libertarian minarchy should I be disenfranchised?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Federalism Restoration Amendment: Take 2 2010
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So why should I worry about how things would have to be in minarchy?
On missing the point 2009
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I would say serves as a distinction between minarchy and and anacro-capitalism.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Duties to Report, and Duties to Testify 2009
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I would even self-identify as an anarchist, though I am realistic, and work toward minarchy.
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