Introduction

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book explains about anarchism from many libertarian points of view rather than attempt to present a unified vision of anarchy. It discusses the historical examples of network industries, such as banks and credit card companies, that have been able to facilitate coordination but have been unable to facilitate collusion. The book describes how people joined groups of one hundred to police and settle disputes and explores arrangements that competing protection agencies might use to enforce laws, and emphasizes the importance of public ideology towards maintaining liberty. It argues that the Constitution is an illegitimate social contract because neither he nor anyone he knows actually signed the Constitution. The book also argues that the way to figure out how much protection there should be is to have a market for law enforcement.