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160 - David Friedman: What is Anarcho-Capitalism?

Robinson's Podcast

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Discussing USPS monopoly, Private Express statutes, Lysander Spooner, and empirical measures of success

This chapter explores the USPS's monopoly on first-class mail and how it came to be, including the impact of the Private Express statutes and the views of Lysander Spooner. It also discusses using empirical evidence, such as the guards on the Berlin Wall, to evaluate alternative systems like communism and anarcho-capitalism.

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