{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e3852cbdb67c0f94f393857/5e38537d94ec4b4a36d447ad?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Can Anarchy Work?","description":"<p>Peter T. Leeson joins us this week to discuss rational choice theory as it applies to self-governance. What happens in the absence of government?<br /><br />We discuss the difference between government and governance, what it means to be stateless, and how anarchy is perceived in the world today.<br /><br /><strong>Show Notes and Further Reading</strong><br /><br />Leeson’s book on this topic is <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Anarchy-Unbound-Self-Governance-Cambridge-Economics/dp/1107629705\"><em>Anarchy Unbound: Why Self-Governance Works Better Than You Think</em></a> (2014).<br /><br />Leeson cites Ludwig von Mises’s <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Human-Action-Treatise-Economics-Set/dp/0865976317\"><em>Human Action: A Treatise on Economics</em></a> (1949) as highly influential to his thinking.<br /><br />Here are a few other Free Thoughts episodes having to do with anarchy and self-governance:</p><a href=\"https://www.libertarianism.org/media/free-thoughts/distinction-between-governance-government\">The Distinction Between Governance and Government</a> with Edward Stringham<a href=\"https://www.libertarianism.org/media/free-thoughts/legacy-roy-childs-jr\">The Legacy of Roy A. Childs, Jr.</a> with George H. Smith<a href=\"https://www.libertarianism.org/media/free-thoughts/must-you-obey-government\">Must You Obey Government?</a><a href=\"https://www.libertarianism.org/media/free-thoughts/problem-political-authority\">The Problem of Political Authority</a> with Michael Huemer","author_name":"Libertarianism.org"}