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Economic: Laissez-faire
Governance: Democratic
Coords: X+3 · Y-2
Economic: Laissez-faire
Governance: Democratic
Coords: X+3 · Y-2
Descriptor
Libertarian
“Minimal state; maximal liberty.”
Exemplar ↓
§ 01
The Idea
What Libertarian actually means.
Libertarianism promotes minimal government, free markets, and individual rights, opposing most regulations and state interventions.
Milton Friedman was a leading advocate for Libertarian economic policies, promoting free-market capitalism, privatization, and deregulation. His work on monetarism argued that controlling the money supply was key to economic stability.
§ 02 · Tenets
Core commitments.
01
Non-aggression principle as moral foundation.
02
State limited to protecting rights.
03
Voluntary exchange as economic default.
04
Civil liberties + economic liberties as one package.
05
Skepticism of foreign intervention.
§ 03 · Position
Where it sits on the grid.
Economic axis — X+3
LAISSEZ-FAIRE
Full collectivisationUnfettered markets
Governance axis — Y-2
DEMOCRATIC
Total controlNo state at all
§ 04 · Reading List
Canon & critics.
§ Canon
- For a New LibertyMurray Rothbard1973 · ~340 pp
- The Libertarian MindDavid Boaz2015 · ~430 pp
§ Critics
- Why Not Capitalism?G. A. Cohen2009 · ~90 pp
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