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Ideologies / Anarcho-Capitalist / Walter Block
Walter Block — ink portrait
§ The minds · b. 1941 · United States · Economist

Walter Block

Defending the undefendable

Property rights pushed to the limit.

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Economic+97
SocialistMarket
Governance−93
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Social−5
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The Austrian-school economist known for pressing libertarian property logic into its most provocative corners, a prolific defender of anarcho-capitalism.

social

Provocative libertarian on contested moral cases.

economic

Uncompromising free markets and privatisation of everything.

governance

Anarcho-capitalist; the state as institutionalised coercion.

Notable for
  • 'Defending the Undefendable'
  • Prolific Austrian-school output
  • Privatise-everything advocacy
property-rightsprivatisationaustrian-school
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