The Anarcho-Capitalism Team
I never knew that when I watched the A-Team as a kid, I was actually learning political and economical theory. I wish I had thought to write a paper for one of my political philosophy classes on how Hannibal Smith was the leader of an anarcho capitalistic anti-leftist team of enterprising entrepreneurs.
Clearly the A-team is an example of an anarchistic creativity, but certainly of the capitalist version, not the leftist one. The crew’s actions are based on the advanced division of labor—it concerns both the internal organization, and the external, since the A-team obviously uses the external market in order to achieve its results. The clients are mostly people who are not good in the production of security, but instead devote their time to producing something else. With earned income they hire people with comparative advantage, the A-team, to protect their rightful property and lives.
posted on: September 18, 2006