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Free Private Cities: Making Governments Compete For You

By: Titus Gebel
Narrated by: Scott R. Pollak
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Imagine a system in which a private company offers you protection of life, liberty, and property as a "government service provider". This service includes internal and external security, a legal and regulatory framework, and independent dispute resolution. You pay a contractually fixed fee for these services per year. The government service provider, as the operator of the community, cannot unilaterally change this "citizens' contract" with you later on.

As a "contract citizen", you have a legal claim to compliance and a claim for damages in the event the provider does not perform. You take care of everything else by yourself, but you can also do whatever you want, limited only by the rights of others and some limited rules of living together. And you only take part if and as long as the offer appeals to you.

Disputes between you and the government service provider are heard in independent arbitration courts, as is customary in international commercial law. If the operator ignores the arbitral awards or abuses his power in another way, his customers leave, and he goes bankrupt. He therefore has an economic risk and therefore an incentive to treat his customers well and in accordance with the contract. This concept is called a Free Private City.

The first part of this book deals with fundamental questions that every social order has to face. The concept of Free Private Cities described in the second part is derived from this; historical and current models are examined. The third part deals with concrete questions of implementation of Free Private Cities. Finally, the fourth part provides an outlook on future developments.

©2018 Ludwig von Mises Institute (P)2019 Ludwig von Mises Institute
Management Business City Private Government

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Very educational

The author does an incredible job unpacking the idea of private cities as businesses and their advantage while facing almost every possible point of resistance to the idea. One of the best books I've listened to about political regimes and further future development.

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Phenomenal book, pure value to the very last word

I just finished this book and I had tears in my eyes at how good it was. I will probably start from the beginning again.
Very thorough, engaging, well-researched, inspiring work. It served as immensely fruitful food for thought and generated many interesting discussions.
After enjoying works of Mises, Rothbard and Hoppe, I think Titus Gebel definitely belongs in that illustrious company, because this is an absolute masterpiece.

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one of the best books from the right wing

this book is a must read, if you are a Libertarian then read this book and if you are any type of right wing thinker then read this book. the Alt-Right should read this book too. this author alongside Hans Hermann Hoppe are showing the world how symbiotic and complementary the Alt-Right and Libertarianism is

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