Agorism is a free-market anarchist political philosophy founded by Samuel Edward Konkin III with the ultimate goal of achieving a society in which all “relations between people are voluntary exchanges, a free market.”
The term comes from the Greek word “agora,” which refers to an open place for assembly and market in ancient Greek city-states.
Agorist theory divides people into two classes: people who make a living through the market and people who make a living by coercing others (called the “economic class” and “political class,” respectively).
They support the non-violent overthrow of the second class by the first, through peaceful black market and gray market activity, known as counter-economics.