Since regulations act as cost drivers that hinder economic activity and thereby the creation of positive externalities, regulations should only be permitted to prevent significant negative externalities.

Crimes such as robbery, deception, fraud, etc., fall under the jurisdiction of criminal or civil courts. Safety precautions that can be taken by the affected parties themselves should not be imposed on entrepreneurs.

It is not the task of the state to force out small-scale economic structures from the market in the interest of higher economies of scale. Abuse of dominant market positions must be prevented, taking all circumstances into account.

The steering of innovation and the economy—apart from the realm of national military defense—is solely the responsibility of free enterprise.

2.
Economic Governance

If regulatory burdens impair international competitiveness, the state is obliged to impose tariffs on foreign products produced under lower standards or to provide compensation in the form of subsidies.

International competition must be permitted based on considerations of overall societal welfare. Therefore, it may be necessary to protect a high wage level by restricting immigration, while it may be impermissible to aim at depressing wage levels by promoting immigration.

The acquisition and maintenance of pricing power through technological advantage should be encouraged via fair international relations—not through state-managed economies or the paternalism of teaching and research.

3.
Free Trade

The strategy of planned immigration to counteract aging should be avoided insofar as such immigration can only be achieved through illegitimate and destabilizing interventions in the countries of origin.

Instead, a pronatalist policy should be prioritized, particularly through the creation of jobs aligned with family life. The resulting burdens, such as reduced economic dynamism, even declining levels of prosperity, and necessary adjustments in ownership structures, must be accepted in the interest of long-term stable and sustainable development.

4.
Population Development

The demographic subsistence minimum—which especially includes the means necessary for the acquisition of residential property—must be entirely exempt from direct or indirect taxation.

Otherwise, a work obligation akin to slavery would be enforced through the instruments of pauperization and precarization, which would only lead to more poverty and precarity.

5.
Tax Policy

If an unexpectedly poor economic development leads to a shortfall in state revenues, this shortfall must not be compensated by an undue increase in the tax burden. Instead, creditors must be referred to a reduction of their claims. Maintaining the solvency of the state is not an end in itself.

If a state bankruptcy proves necessary, it must be managed with social considerations in mind. Creditors' participation in any future positive developments must be ensured by freezing currently non-disbursable funds and claims—without significant inflation risk—into escrow accounts, rather than cancelling them outright.

6.
Public Finances

The Christian commandment of charity was, during times of stronger religious fervor, naturally associated with personal duties of almsgiving and assistance. It was only in the course of state development that these duties were transferred to public institutions and corresponding social administrations. To the extent that these administrations prove to be financially unsustainable, a revival of the original personalized obligations of charity and aid should be considered. In doing so, current welfare regulations that focus on personal responsibility and self-reliance should be integrated as effectively as possible.

Once a certain level of net wealth is attained, there should automatically be an obligation to establish and operate charitable foundations or educational institutions. The specific scope of services provided should be left to the discretion of the founders, provided a minimum standard is maintained. Provisions should also be made for the formation of donor associations.

The social security contributions collected from below-average incomes over the past ten years are to be reimbursed by the state and offset as far as possible through supplementary foundations.

7.
Social Security

To prevent the merging of state power and financial interests into an all-dominating, oligarchic-ochlocratic creditor class, it is essential to turn the state and capital into counterbalancing forces. This means capital should be subject to an inheritance tax, the rate of which should be based on the average state spending ratio (state quota) over recent decades. It would be counterproductive to include in this tax the kind of capital tied to individual or family enterprises that depend on exceptional intelligence or skill.

8.
Separation of Powers

It is not the state's role to protect certain groups of citizens from emotional distress by educating all others accordingly, as this infringes on civil rights such as freedom of speech and freedom of conscience and is therefore incompatible with a liberal-democratic order. Nonetheless, regulations must be enacted to prevent serious offenses against honor or morality, provided the related moral and honor-related sensitivities serve a particular purpose in supporting social order. In particular, prostitution and pornography should be largely suppressed.

Consciousness-shaping efforts beyond that can be pursued through balanced media reporting and promoted by civil society organizations. The state guarantees the equality of its citizens by treating them equally regardless of irrelevant personal characteristics and, in particular, by ensuring equality before the law. Positive discrimination is only permissible if it produces a general benefit—especially for those affected by it. If such benefits have not materialized in the past, the state must take responsibility and provide appropriate compensation.

9.
Social Policy

Neither a particularly homogeneous population nor a tribal society is a value to be promoted by the state—nor, conversely, is a particularly heterogeneous society—so long as a just and functioning state can exist independently of these factors in the enlightened self-interest of all citizens. Immigration of individuals who, due to a lack of proper socialization, cannot be presumed to share this enlightened self-interest should be avoided as far as possible.

Persons who share the values of the destination state should be actively encouraged to emigrate to it, provided that the destination state offers better conditions for realizing the ideals of a socio-libertarian society than their country of origin.

The fate of those who choose to perish as wolves among wolves is tragic—but even more tragic is the fate of those who never had a choice.

10.
Immigration and Emigration