How Would We Protect Ourselves in a Free Society?

Robert P. Murphy and “The Market for Security"

Even if we have accepted that involuntary, imposed government has serious moral or practical flaws, and that self-government is a better solution at the individual level, many of us still wonder: can self-government be scaled up?

I'm okay and you’re okay, we think, but there are still some people out there who mean us harm—people who want to hurt us or t…