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The Night-Watchman State (archetype)
Only courts, cops, and defence
The smallest state a market needs.
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Governance−76
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Social−8
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A stand-in for minarchism: the 'night-watchman' state stripped to courts, police and defence, presiding over an otherwise wholly free-market capitalist society — the smallest government a market is held to need.
social
Neutral on culture; liberty is the organising value.
economic
A pure free-market economy, untaxed beyond rights-protection.
governance
The state does only what protects life, liberty and property.
Notable for
- Night-watchman state
- Rights-protection only
- Free-market order
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