The Praxeology of Privacy
Economic Logic in Cypherpunk Implementation
Austrian economists theorize but cannot build. Cypherpunks build but lack theory. This book synthesizes both traditions into a unified strategy for making the state irrelevant.
Three axioms. Twenty-one chapters. One conclusion: cheap defense defeats expensive attack. When theft becomes unprofitable, the state withers.
The Core Argument
Privacy isn't just a preference, it's an economic necessity. Through rigorous praxeological analysis, this work demonstrates that privacy is logically required for rational economic action, property rights, and voluntary exchange.
The Three-Axiom Framework shows how:
- Privacy enables economic calculation (building on Mises)
- Privacy protects rational discourse (extending Hoppe)
- Privacy provides resistance tools (following Voskuil)
Why This Matters
For too long, privacy advocates have relied on moral arguments while economists have ignored cryptographic innovation. This book bridges that gap, showing that surveillance systems create the same calculation problems as socialist planning, while cryptographic tools restore the conditions necessary for free markets.
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