Orthodox economics has long treated defense from threats foreign and domestic as a public good requiring provision by a central nation-state. Yet both theory and history show how polycentric defense systems, with dispersed groups of people searching for context-specific solutions, have provided collective security.
Polycentric Defense
By Christopher J. Coyne, Nathan P. Goodman
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the Fall 2020 issue of The Independent Review.
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