Minyin Bison

[M.Bison]

Originally Posted by Lazortag [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Bison, if market forces aren't enough to stop businesses in Somalia (where there's essentially no government) from selling expired food to people for greater profits, how do you expect the free market to improve the quality "private defense agencies"?

Simply put, in US we have significantly more options when it comes to food. Smaller countries, like Somalia, arent as lucky in that respect. If someone is trying to sell expired food in the US, you just dont buy it. The country is large enough to support several sources of farm land/livestock.

Free market would improve the quality of PDAs by answering directly to its customers. You pay for the protection law enforcement provides you already. The only difference between Friedman's model and today's standard is that you would get to choose who provides that service for you, as opposed to that money being involuntarily taken out of your paycheck every week. Another way it would improve quality is a PDA would have to provide you with service-provider financial statements. So when you notice that your PDA just spent $100,000 on something you dont feel is necessary to your protection you can drop their service and seek another PDA that fits your needs more accordingly. Extrapolating that, if enough people notice this unnecessary spending from a specific PDA and in turn drop their service. That PDA will be forced to either change its spending habits or face bankruptcy.