d 5 to see Rothbard’s discussion. Throughout the volume, Rothbard describes how govern-ment is not a benign force as many government supportersassume. The government is an institution of coercion thatinterferes with voluntary relations in the market. Just in caseanyone cannot wait to find out how far Rothbard will push thexii Power and Market: Government and the Economy1970. See Joseph Stromberg, “Introduction to Man, Economy, and Statewith Power and Market” in Murray N. Rothbard Man, Economy, and Statewith Power and Market, Scholar’s edition (Auburn, Ala.: Mises Institute,2004), pp. lxv–lxxi.2Rothbard, p. 251.3The public choice economists’ views on government and anarchy arepresented in Edward Stringham, ed., Anarchy, State, and Public Choice(Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar, 2006).
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