Freedom, Society, and State - Ludwig von Mises Institute

top indicates the political range of capitalism; the
u n b r 0 ken v e r ticall i ne i ndieates ' the e con om i esc0 pe 0 f
anarchism.(118)
Box [1] entai Is both a capi tal ist ic economic system
and a nanarchis tic pol i tica 1 s t rue t u r e • Th i s wo u I d
include the contemporary individualist anarchists such
as Rothbard and Friedman as well as the philosophical
anarchists such as Tucker and Spooner., Still squarely
with i nth e a n 8 r chi s t s peet r urn but rno v i ng s 1 i g h t 1Y awa y
from capitalism would be Stirner and Godwin. On the
other hand somewhat less anarchistic but still ardently
capitalistic would be the ultraminarchists such as
Hospers.
Box [2] entails a limited form of government
c 0 u pIe d withaca pit a lis t ic e c on om i cstrue t ur e • This
would include the minarchists, like Nozick, the
e vol uti 0 n a r y a n 8 r chi s t s, 1 ike Spen c e r 8nd B8 s t i at, as
well as the objectivists. Also included in this
category would be the doctrinaire classical liberals
such as Humboldt and Mises, and thei r more moderate
counterparts like Mill and Smith and, more currently,
Hayek.
Box [3] entails a highly interventionist state coupled
with a market economy. Such a state would restrict
its interventionist activities to the social realm, regu
1 a tin g s pee c h, pre s s, d rug use, and t he I ike, wh i Ie
permi tt ing the market to function freely. While this
cat ego r y is, per haps, 0 f rather 1 imit e d emp i ricalimport,
probably the closest thing to capitalist-hyperarchi
s m w0 u I d bethe cons e r vat ism 0 f Bur ke and de Ma i s t r e
and, more currently, Buckley, Kirk, and Burnham.
Box [4] entails an anarchist political framework as
in Box [1], but a less capitalistic economic structure
than prevailed in Boxes [1-3]. There would still be
much market phenomena and individual ownership, however
some form of collectivism or workers' control is also
envisioned. This would include the mutualism of
Proudhon and Warren and, while somewhat more collectively
oriented, the syndicalism of Sorel, Rocker, and
Goldman.
Box [5] e n t a i 1st helimit a t ion 0 f the rna r ke t by
interest group democracy which extends government into
areas that under Boxes [1-3] would be handled by the
market. This includes the modern exponents of pluralism
and the partisans of contemporary liberalism and the
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