Foreword and Acknowledgements

0:00Chaos Theory Two Essays on Market Anarchy by Robert P. Murphy with an introduction by Jeremy Sapienza This audiobook version is recorded by Jock Coates in Oxford, England All men with honour are kings, but not all kings have honour Liam Neeson, Rob Roy Forward. This book is dedicated to those who believe government is a necessary evil. You're half right. The following essays show that the two most crucial functions of government, law and defense, can be efficiently supplied on the free market.

0:47The state is thus shown to be completely unnecessary. Anarchy, the absence of coercive government, must not be confused with chaos. Rather than engage in philosophical debates over values, I focus instead on the mechanics of anarcho-capitalism, or market anarchy, the only social system that respects the sanctity of property rights and contract. Rather than tackle the socialist ideal of equality, I offer the market anarchist ideal and the Bill of Equity. I ultimately leave it to the reader to decide which system, state or market is the better arrangement. Bob Murphy Acknowledgements My intellectual debt in anarchist theory belongs hands down to the late great Murray Rothbard 1916-1995. More broadly, my view of how the world works is due primarily to that fount of wisdom Ludwig von Mises' treatise Human Action.

1:57The original idea and introduction for this book came from Jeremy Sapienza. Robert Vroman provided the wonderful, if somewhat disturbing, artwork that so mercifully interrupts the The Monopatony of the Text Matt Pramschuffer laid out the cover design. Zach Crossan and Pete Johnson reviewed an early draft of this book. I am grateful for the kind remarks of Lew Rockwell and Jean Callahan, two modern-day heroes in the war of ideas, featured on the back cover. I would like to thank the participants on Anti-States Forum for their constant, if sometimes and crude criticism and questioning of my decidedly unorthodox views.

2:43Rachel Anne Ferrado played an indispensable role in providing constant encouragement and suggestions. And finally, I must thank Ron Pramshofer and the rest of the staff at RJ Communications for making it look like I've published before.