I have given up my anarchistic beliefs! For over forty years, I have been an ardent defender of spontaneous systems of social order and, concomitantly, a critic of the state in its every manifestation. Through historical evidence, economic analysis, and rational inquiry, I have effectively made the case against government police and fire protection, schools, streets and highways, national defense, consumer protection, dispute resolution, libraries, airports, the post office, . . . indeed, every government program one cared to advance. I have been able to demonstrate that men and women are able to organize their own energies and resources on … Continue reading The Cookie Crumbles