[brian_cloutier]

There's a great fanfic which attempts to explore these more and polish them up into a cohesive philosophy.

In Star Trek the Ferengi are a foil, a caricature of capitalist excess. This fanfic attempts to paint a different kind of caricature. I'm not anarcho-capitalist so I don't want to speak for them but this seems to describe the utopia of free exchange they wish for.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11867818/1/Little-Green-Men

[Reticularas]

The ferengi, despite being over-the-top capitalist, do have their moment of shine when they coyly remind humans their homeworld has yet to have a single war.

[DropInIn]

I always felt that was them being disingenuous.

Economic wars are a thing in our own world, let alone that one.

These cause widescale deaths and famine.

It's doubtful that the ferengi never experienced widespread death and disabling injuries as a result of "Economic Warfare" between factions...

I mean, how does everyone think the Nagus became a thing? Monopolies don't form during a period absent rules without a whole lot of people dying...

The First Nagus wrote the Rules to ensure maintenance of his new status quo after having eliminated his enemies through economic activity and more importantly Assassination....