Here I want to outline one set of ideas for how a future, stateless society could achieve peaceful cooperation and settle disputes as they arose. I do not mean to argue that all stateless societies or polycentric legal systems must look like the following account, but I believe that a clear, specific proposal to evaluate…
Motivations
Most of the content on this site is geared towards exploring the means, more than the ends, of polycentric law. In other words, rather than focus on philosophy, ethics, and so forth, the essays here focus on theoretical and empirical discussions of how human societies work and how people can maintain social order without relying…
The Anatomy of a Healthcare Cartel
(This post is subject to revision, but is offered as a collection of resources for interested readers.) Historically, in several countries, Mutual Aid Societies successfully provided healthcare services to their members. Each member would pay a regular fee into a common fund, and in times of need could draw on the common fund for aid.…