Influenţa negativă a statului minimal nozickian asupra libertăţii pozitive
The Negative Influence of a Nozickian Minimal State on Positive Liberty

Summary/Abstract: In this paper I intend to demonstrate that the libertarian minimal state proposed by R. Nozick has a detrimental influence on the positive liberty of its citizens. The central argument revolves around the negative consequences which natural monopolies imposed by private agents in the libertarian free-market have on the welfare of citizens and through this mechanism on their positive liberty. By contrast I argue that a situation where economies of scale are monopolized by the state and not by private agents determines the emergence of a superior socio-economical situation as the state does not become trapped in a prisoner’s dillemma game, unlike private agents which will have incentives to adopt free-rider strategies and exploit all sectors over which they hold a monopoly.

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