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Locke answers Filmer's case for inherited absolute kingship, then argues government rests on consent and loses authority when legislators rule arbitrarily.

Huerta de Soto defends full-reserve demand deposits, arguing credit exceeding voluntary saving lowers relative interest rates, making unsustainable projects look profitable.

Condy Raguet's banking treatise treats banknotes as debts payable in coin and asks which laws could make American banks pay them.

Hülsmann judges money production by property and contract, separating honest credit from counterfeit titles beyond deposits and legal privileges suspending payment.

Rothbard argues government-debt underwriting and bank rescues give financiers motives to shape American foreign policy, from Civil War loans to 1984.

Hayek's twelve technical essays argue that dispersed knowledge and general legal rules let fallible people coordinate their plans through competitive markets.

Ross Anderson's Security Engineering, third edition, explains how policy, mechanism, assurance and incentives determine whether real systems remain dependable under attack.