Critics believe that state intervention is needed to prevent [[monopoly]]. In response, anarcho-capitalists such as Murray Rothbard argue that monopolies are defined by state intervention and cannot arise on the free market<ref>http://mises.org/rothbard/mespm.PDF</ref>. Others, like Hans Hoppe, add that the State itself is a monopoly over final arbitration and taxation power. Others have criticized it because big business may act as a [[state]]; forcing its will onto others. | Critics believe that state intervention is needed to prevent [[monopoly]]. In response, anarcho-capitalists such as Murray Rothbard argue that monopolies are defined by state intervention and cannot arise on the free market<ref>http://mises.org/rothbard/mespm.PDF</ref>. Others, like Hans Hoppe, add that the State itself is a monopoly over final arbitration and taxation power. Others have criticized it because big business may act as a [[state]]; forcing its will onto others. |