Journal of Libertarian Studies
Author:
James Dale Davidson
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Robert Nozick’s widely hailed Anarchy, State, and Utopia has been analyzed primarily in terms of the arguments he engages in with his fellow “public philosopher”, John Rawls. Yet perhaps the most unusual line of thinking introduced by Nozick is his “invisible hand” explanation for the origin of the state (pp. 78 ff.). This is not meant to be a