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Since the government is the sole entity with the right to use force and coercion to implement its choices, it is able to enact and enforce rules against crimes such as murder, burglary, and assault, thus ensuring our security. It can also provide a common currency for—and regulate—financial transactions and guarantee that contracts will be enforced, ensuring the security of our property. To ensure enforcement of the relevant laws, the government maintains agencies such as the police, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Treasury Department. In effect, the government provides the basic social and financial network within which people can carry on their lives securely, functioning in the society and in the economy. This is true of every government in the world.