# Tracking Freedom with the Human Sciences, Part 2

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/tracking-freedom-with-the-human-sciences-part-2>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** July 27, 2016

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George H. Smith examines the common claim that the mere threat of physical force does not qualify as a type of coercion.

[Originally published in essay form on November 26, 2013.](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/tracking-freedom-human-sciences-part-2)

_Narrated by Daniel Hyland._