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Is international commerce anarchic?

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Eugene Posted: Fri, Nov 25 2011 2:31 PM

I watched the following great video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5PbLLBfiM8

Peter Leeson is very enthusiastic about international commerce. He says its anarchical in nature. I don't think I agree on that. If  International chamber of commerce (ICC) finds a cheater, they just report him to the government in which he resides, and the government punishes him. So its anarchy when no violence is needed, but its not a full anarchy. 

What do you think?

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aervew replied on Fri, Nov 25 2011 2:37 PM

Tell me Eugene, where is the anarchy in trade within a Murphy-based system of property law as described in Chaos Theory? Thats right, there is none. The owner of the property defines the rules of the game. Not too unlike what states do, is it not? If you look past the clever ideological symbolisms of Rothbard and Hoppe, the proposed identity of feudalism and anarcho-capitalism makes sense.

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Chyd3nius replied on Fri, Nov 25 2011 2:41 PM

It seems that we have a new troll here. Criticism is OK, but flooding comments like "free markets attract racists" is different thing.

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Neodoxy replied on Fri, Nov 25 2011 2:48 PM

 

"Tell me Eugene, where is the anarchy in trade within a Murphy-based system of property law as described in Chaos Theory? Thats right, there is none. The owner of the property defines the rules of the game. Not too unlike what states do, is it not? If you look past the clever ideological symbolisms of Rothbard and Hoppe, the proposed identity of feudalism and anarcho-capitalism makes sense."

 

Lol.

You're right that insofar as there are actual governments controlling the procedure it's fairly statist, however free market production structures are naturally anarchic

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