Lectures on Tap - Anarchy & the State: Do We Need Government to Function?

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🧠 Lecture: "Anarchy & the State: Do We Need Government to Function?"

🎤 Speaker: Dr. Daron Djerdjian

Most people believe that without government, chaos and disorder would reign. Political authority is widely seen as indispensable for social order—but is that really true?

Join Dr. Daron Djerdjian for an evening exploring one of the most controversial questions in political philosophy: Is government actually necessary for social coordination, cooperation, and peace?

Dr. Djerdjian will challenge the dominant narrative that social order depends on the state. He will discuss how law and security can emerge in a proprietary, contractual society through voluntary interaction, contract, and market institutions. The lecture will also introduce his concept of “praxeonomy,” a framework that extends the analysis of market anarchy into the realm of market-emergent morality.

Dr. Djerdjian has a Ph.D. in economics from Syracuse University and has taught economics for more than two decades at institutions including Occidental College, UCLA Extension, and Long Beach City College. He is the founder of the Carl Menger Institute, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to the study of human action, market order, and the institutions of a free society.

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Agenda

7:30 PM – Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line—arriving early is key. Attendees are encouraged to arrive as early as 7pm to enjoy the exhibition in the gallery space. Please note that this is a DRINKS ONLY venue!

7:55 PM – Host introduction

8:00 PM – Lecture begins

8:45 PM – Audience Q&A

9:00 PM – Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round

9:30 PM – Wrap up.