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#+TITLE: Free Software: A Shining Example of Nongovernmental Externality Control
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#+TAGS: Praxeology, Empiricism, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

The most common economic argument against the anarcho-capitalism alleges the absolute necessity of coercion in provisioning public goods, or preventing the tragedy of the commons. There are obvious theoretical rebuttals from an Austrian perspective (how does the /state/ know what is a "public good?"), but for the sound rhetorical strategy of engaging your opposition on his own terms counterexamples are required—hopefully more accessible than medieval Iceland.