Economic transactions with strangers (beyond simple cash-and-carry interactions) require trust, and most people look to the state as the guarantor-of-trust of l

Economic transactions with strangers (beyond simple cash-and-carry interactions) require trust, and most people look to the state as the guarantor-of-trust of last resort. Which is why states have been involved with the economy ever since Sumeria. "Separation of state and economy" is about as likely as "separation of medicine and chemistry".