Ronald Coase (1960) – The Problem of Social Cost [pdf]

https://www.law.uchicago.edu/lawecon/coaseinmemoriam/problem...

> What has become known since as the "Coasean World,"--where rational actors transact freely without need for institutions, firms, or even law—"is really the world of modern economic theory, one which I was hoping to persuade economists to leave."