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  • 1. What do anarcho-capitalists propose regarding government services like law enforcement and education?
A) Privatizing them
B) Increasing tax funding for them
C) Expanding their reach
D) Nationalizing them
  • 2. According to Murray Rothbard, what characterizes the difference between free-market capitalism and state capitalism?
A) Competition versus total monopoly
B) Voluntary exchange versus collusive partnership
C) High taxes versus no taxes
D) Industrialization versus agrarianism
  • 3. Why does Rothbard argue that government services are inefficient?
A) They focus on profit rather than citizens
B) They have too many competitors
C) They lack a market-based pricing mechanism
D) They are too decentralized
  • 4. How does Maverick Edwards describe the role of markets in anarcho-capitalism?
A) As a government-regulated tool
B) As the central governing body
C) As a secondary influence
D) As an optional feature
  • 5. What is a common argument made by anarchist critics like Peter Sabatini and Bob Black against private defense agencies?
A) They would act as private states leading to coercion
B) They would be unable to stop crime
C) They would prioritize profits over justice
D) They would be too expensive for the poor
  • 6. What is the primary point of contention between minarchism and anarcho-capitalism?
A) Whether or not to abolish the state entirely
B) The legality of public protests
C) The regulation of international trade
D) The implementation of a gold standard
  • 7. Why do anarcho-capitalists view minarchism as inconsistent?
A) It forbids private law enforcement
B) It advocates for compulsory funding while claiming to oppose compulsion
C) It fails to provide enough military protection
D) It refuses to tax the wealthy
  • 8. What does Robert Nozick argue in Anarchy, State, and Utopia?
A) The state is inherently immoral
B) Private courts would lead to immediate anarchy
C) Anarcho-capitalism is the most stable form of society
D) Anarcho-capitalism would inevitably transform into a minarchist state
  • 9. How do private judges and arbitrators function according to Rothbard?
A) They enforce state-mandated statutes
B) They create new laws based on popular vote
C) They follow directives from the majority
D) They apply universal principles of property rights
  • 10. How does Hans-Hermann Hoppe define a state?
A) An agency with a compulsory territorial monopoly of protection and the power to tax
B) An organization dedicated to the public good
C) A collective enterprise of property owners
D) A social contract between the ruler and the ruled
  • 11. What term does Frédéric Bastiat use to describe state-enforced redistribution and progressive taxation?
A) Legal plunder
B) Social justice
C) Public service
D) Economic necessity
  • 12. Why do some anarchist critics reject anarcho-capitalism?
A) It retains hierarchical structures
B) It does not provide enough economic growth
C) It advocates for the return of the monarchy
D) It ignores environmental regulations
  • 13. According to Rothbard, what is the nature of coercion?
A) The act of charging high prices for services
B) The invasive use or threat of physical violence against person or property
C) The existence of wealth inequality
D) The refusal to engage in voluntary trade
  • 14. What does the non-aggression principle imply for anarcho-capitalists regarding the state?
A) It only applies to private citizens
B) It can have no exceptions
C) It allows for minimal state intervention
D) It is secondary to the needs of the military
  • 15. How does Bastiat describe the state's relationship with liberty?
A) It is the only guarantor of liberty
B) It perverts its purpose when it forcibly extracts wealth
C) It has no impact on individual liberty
D) It maintains liberty through taxation
  • 16. Which economist is noted for the concept of 'individual sovereignty'?
A) Lisa Duggan
B) J. Michael Oliver
C) Ayn Rand
D) Gustave de Molinari
  • 17. In the framework of individual sovereignty, where does sovereignty reside?
A) In the state
B) In the government
C) In the community
D) In the individual
  • 18. Which philosophical system did J. Michael Oliver associate with anarcho-capitalism?
A) Nihilism
B) Utilitarianism
C) Existentialism
D) Objectivism
  • 19. According to the text, what is the natural consequence of liberty?
A) Monopoly
B) State coercion
C) War
D) Peace
  • 20. Who is credited with largely developing and popularizing anarcho-capitalism in the early 1970s?
A) Karl Hess
B) Murray Rothbard
C) Lysander Spooner
D) Benjamin Tucker
  • 21. In which publication did the earliest documented use of the term 'anarcho-capitalism' appear?
A) The New York Times
B) Playboy
C) The Austrian Economic Review
D) Libertarian Monthly
  • 22. Which school of economics did Murray Rothbard draw upon for his theory?
A) Austrian school
B) Chicago school
C) Keynesian school
D) Marxian school
  • 23. Anarcho-capitalism is most closely associated with which of the following political traditions?
A) Communitarianism
B) Right-libertarianism
C) Anarcho-syndicalism
D) Socialism
  • 24. What label did Murray Rothbard propose for himself in the mid-1950s instead of 'anarchist'?
A) Anarcho-individualist
B) Classical liberal
C) Nonarchist
D) Statist
  • 25. What do anarcho-capitalists argue is necessary to enforce absolute equality of outcome?
A) Voluntary community agreements.
B) Universal access to public education.
C) A centralized, coercive apparatus.
D) The removal of all social structures.
  • 26. According to the text, what principle do anarcho-capitalists believe all people would naturally agree to?
A) The principle of majority rule
B) The principle of state ownership
C) The non-aggression principle
D) The principle of social equality
  • 27. What is the basic axiom of libertarian political theory as described in the text?
A) Every man is property of the state
B) Every man is a self-owner
C) Every man must contribute to the public good
D) Every man is entitled to state aid
  • 28. According to Rothbard, what is the 'fullest expression' of anarchism?
A) Socialism
B) Communism
C) Capitalism
D) Direct democracy
  • 29. Which rule does Rothbard follow regarding original appropriation, rejecting the Lockean proviso?
A) Equal distribution for all
B) First come, first served
C) Needs-based allocation
D) Government approval
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