Bob Murphy Dissects the “Shopping Cart Theory” Allegedly Blowing Up the Case for Self-Governance

Recently Tim Poole alluded to the so-called “shopping cart theory” of why self-governance is impossible. Specifically, because people can’t even bother to take back the shopping cart when this is clearly the socially right thing to do, we can’t hope to have a system relying on everyone’s good nature. Bob explains what’s wrong with this argument.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The blog post for the “Adventures in Pacifism: Louis CK edition” contest.
• Ben Powell on Somalia
• Bob’s book Chaos Theory, his article on libertarian law and military defense, his lecture on the market for security, and his lecture on military defense
• The Federalist No. 51

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