CLEARING THE MARKET FOR CONFLICT WITH VIOLENCE One of Eli Harman’s most importan

CLEARING THE MARKET FOR CONFLICT WITH VIOLENCE

One of Eli Harman’s most important contributions to Propertarianism is the insight that violence functions as a market clearing mechanism for disputes, just as cooperation forms a market clearing mechanism for agreements.

–“Violence is the means of expressing the subjective evaluations not captured by price signals, which are as vast and varied as those which are.”—Eli Harman

Define “Market Clearing?”

The application of a concept from economics to cooperation proper:

“That which restores disequilibrium to equilibrium.”

In economics we state a market has been cleared when supply=demand: meaning no ‘problem’ exists for the market to calculate.

You can solve political problems by agreement or physical conflict. They are all solvable. You can clear the market for cooperation or the market for conflict. Both markets are clearable.

Via Negativa in Everything.