anarcho-capitalism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From anarcho- + capitalism. Earliest extant attestation is in American author Karl Hess's essay “The Death of Politics”, originally published by Playboy, in March 1969. Even though American economist Murray Rothbard is credited with coining this word, its first possible appearance among his writings is in his 1971 essay “Know Your Rights”, published two years after Hess's essay.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A political and economic philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and other coercive institutions in favour of individual self-ownership, voluntary society, and free market.
Laissez-faire capitalism, or anarchocapitalism^([sic]), is simply the economic form of the libertarian ethic. Laissez-faire capitalism encompasses the notion that men should exchange goods and services, without regulation, solely on the basis of value for value. It recognizes charity and communal enterprises as voluntary versions of this same ethic.
1969 March, Karl Hess, “The Death of Politics”, in Playboy:Anarcho-capitalism is a creed new to the present age. Its closest historical links are with the “individualist anarchism” of Benjamin R. Tucker and Lysander Spooner of the late nineteenth century, and it shares with Tucker and Spooner a devotion to private property, individualism, and competition. Furthermore, and in contrast to Read and Rand, it shares with Spooner and Tucker their hostility to government officials as a criminal band of robbers and murderers.[…]
1971, Murray Rothbard, “Know Your Rights”, in WIN: Peace and Freedom through Nonviolent Action, volume 7, number 4, pages 6–10:
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(uncountable) A political and socioeconomic system that ostensibly recognizes only individual self-ownership, voluntary society, and free market but not the state and other coercive institutions.
The second was shock therapy. Implemented briefly in the aftermath of the Soviet collapse, shock therapy aimed to construct a free market in post-communist Russia. It produced instead a species of mafia-dominated anarcho-capitalism.
1998, John Gray, False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism, New York: The New Press, →ISBN, page 133:
Deriveds
Relateds
individualist anarchism · agorism · libertarianism · Rothbardian · voluntaryism
Synonyms
stateless capitalism · capitalist anarchism · private property anarchism · ancap
Translations (42)
io anarkio-kapitalismo (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · nl anarchokapitalisme (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · el αναρχοκαπιταλισμός (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · ru анархо-капитали́зм (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · ka ანარქო-კაპიტალიზმი (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · lv anarhokapitālisms (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · pl anarchokapitalizm (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · cmn 無政府資本主義 /无政府资本主义 (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · ta அரசழிவு முதலாளித்துவம் (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · lt anarchokapitalizmas (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · he אנרכו־קפיטליזם (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · nb anarkokapitalisme (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · ca anarcocapitalisme (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · cmn 安資 /安资 (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · de Anarchokapitalismus (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · nn anarkokapitalisme (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · ko 아나코 자본주의 (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · uz anarxo-kapitalizm (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · et anarhokapitalism (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · ar لاسلطوية رأسمالية (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · mk анархокапитализам (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · es anarcocapitalismo (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · da anarkokapitalisme (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · sh anarho-kapitalizam (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · ro anarho-capitalism (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · bg анархокапитализъм (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · it anarco-capitalismo (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · fi anarkokapitalismi (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · pt anarcocapitalismo (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · sv anarkokapitalism (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · cs anarchokapitalismus (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · fr anarcho-capitalisme (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · sk anarchokapitalizmus (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · fa آنارکو-کاپیتالیسم (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · ja 無政府資本主義 (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · cmn 安那其資本主義 /安那其资本主义 (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · id anarko kapitalisme (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · eo anarki-kapitalismo (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · it anarcocapitalismo (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · tr anarko-kapitalizm (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · eo anarkikapitalismo (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) · mr अराजक-भांडवलशाही (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market)
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