Full Idea
Classical liberal political economists have pointed out that the natural operation of the market is an extremely efficient way of coordinating human behaviour on a large scale without coercion or appeal to authority.
Gist of Idea
Free markets very efficiently coordinate behaviour, without need for coercion
Source
Robert Paul Wolff (In Defence of Anarchism [1970], 3.2)
A Reaction
Wolff says that this is true, but it is not rational to allow it if you actually know how to control the markets to limit their worst effects. This freedom of markets is a mantra for the right wing, but what is the downside of free markets?
Book Reference
Wolff,Robert Paul: 'In Defence of Anarchism' [Harper Torchbooks 1976], p.81