This is a really good article which has a bunch of interesting things to say on it's way to saying that Hayek didn't go far enough, but it wasn't his fault. :-). For instance, how we ended up with nation-states (taxation is their only reason for existence) and legislation (the use of taxation for redistribution of assets by force in order to maintain social control), and why political solutions to political power end up squaring the circle, as it were. Of course, he talks about "law as the force which allocates property rights", and most cypherpunks would dispute that, knowing of better, cryptographic ways of allocating control of property. Cheers, RAH --- begin forwarded text Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 01:56:49 -0700 Reply-To: Hayek Related Research <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sender: Hayek Related Research <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: List Host <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: Hayek Center for Interdisciplinary Research Subject: H-WEB: G Radnitzky on Hayek & libertarianism To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Hayek On The Web << -- Hayek / "Libertarianism" Gerard Radnitzky, "Hayek on the role of the state: A radical libertarian critique", on the web at: http://www.cis.org.au/Policy/autumn00/Aut00-3.pdf Gerard Radnitzky, "Hayek on the role of the state: A radical libertarian critique". _Policy. 2000. (Autumn). "Hayek On The Web" is a regular feature of the Hayek-L list. Hayek-L Home Page: http://www.hayekcenter.org/hayek-l/hayek-l.html Scholars Bookstore: http://www.hayekcenter.org/bookstore/scholars_books.html Hayek Scholars Page: http://www.hayekcenter.org/friedrichhayek/hayek.html --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "Externalities are the last refuge of the derigistes." -- Friedrich Hayek
