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Books on market anarchy
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Books on anti-state political theory
Books on anarchic political theory
Books on practical applications
Books on market anarchist thinkers
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New Libertarian Manifesto by Samuel Edward Konkin III
"Just once, wouldn't you like to read a manifesto that's been practiced before it's preached? I
wanted to.
And I did it."
The Right and Wrong of Compulsion by the State, and Other Essays by Eric Mack
"Auberon Herbert (1838–1906) is an eloquent, forceful, and uncompromising defender of liberty—indeed, in the judgment of Richard M. Ebeling he is "one of the most important and articulate advocates of liberty in the last two hundred years." Herbert was a major participant in the profound and wide-ranging intellectual ferment of the late Victorian age. He formulated a system of "thorough" individualism that he described as "voluntaryism." To Herbert, "you will not make people wiser and better by taking liberty of action from them. A man can learn only when he is free to act." As Eric Mack writes, "Carrying natural rights theory to its logical limits, Herbert demanded complete social and economic freedom for all noncoercive individuals and the radical restriction of the use of force to the role of protecting those freedoms—including the freedom of peaceful persons to withhold support from any or all state activities." There are ten essays."
Power and Market. Government and the Economy by Murray N. Rothbard
The State by Randolph Bourne<
The Myth of National Defense by Hans-Hermann Hoppe
The Ethics of Liberty by Murray N. Rothbard
For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto by Murray N. Rothbard
The Market for Liberty by Linda Tannehill & Morris Tannehill (audiobook version)
Fighting for our Lives: A Primer by Anonymous
The Nature of Man and His Government by Robert LeFevre
Enforceable Rights - A Libertarian Theory of Justice by Roy Halliday
Reinventing Civil Society: The Rediscovery of Welfare Without Politics by David G. Green
Report from Iron Mountain by Leonard Lewin
Voluntary Socialism: A Sketch by Francis Dashwood Tandy
Alongside Night by J. Neil Schulman
The Federal Mafia by Irwin Schiff
Books on anti-state political theory
Power and Market by Murray N. Rothbard
"This extension of Rothbard's earlier Man, Economy, and State offers a systematic analysis of the political approach to governance through the power of the state, in contrast to the economic approach of the free market."
Egalitarianism as a Revolt against Nature by Murray N. Rothbard
"This volume represents some of Rothbard's most advanced and radical theorizing on topics impacting on human liberty. Appearing first in 1974, this volume, more than any of other, came to build a generation of libertarian scholars that looked beyond the trapping of conventional left-right thinking, and hence laid the groundwork for the current intellectual revolt against centralized social and economic management.
The book's title comes from the lead essay, which argues that egalitarian theory always results in a politics of statist control because it is founded on revolt against the ontological structure of reality itself. It is an attempt to replace what exists with a Romantic image of an idealized primitive state of nature, an ideal which cannot and should not be achieved. The implications of this point are worked out on topics such as market economics, child rights, environmentalism, feminism, foreign policy, redistribution--and a host of other issue that are driving public debate today."
The State by Anthony De-Jasay
The State Against Politics; On Government, Anarchy and Order by Anthony De-Jasay
Escape From Leviathan : Liberty, Welfare, and Anarchy Reconciled by J.C. Lester
"The principal criticism of libertarianism is that it would damage human welfare. In response, this book considers an extreme libertarian thesis: there is no conceptual or practical clash among the most plausible accounts of economic rationality, interpersonal liberty, human welfare, and private-property anarchy. Eschewing moral advocacy as a distraction, it offers a critical-rationalist defense of this objective thesis from many criticisms in the literature."
Democracy: The God that Failed: The Economics and Politics of Monarchy, Democracy, and Natural Order by Hans-Herman Hoppe
The Concept of the Political by Carl Schmitt, George Schwab
"In this, his most influential work, legal theorist and political philosopher Carl Schmitt argues that liberalism's basis in individual rights cannot provide a reasonable justification for sacrificing oneself for the state. This edition of the 1932 work includes the translator's introduction (by George Schwab) which highlights Schmitt's intellectual journey through the turbulent period of German history leading to the Hitlerian one-party state. It also includes Leo Strauss's analysis of Schmitt's thesis and a foreword by Tracy B. Strong placing Schmitt's work into contemporary context."
Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government by Robert Higgs
"Higgs, a political economist, analyzes how the American federal government has come to exercise so much control over individuals and the marketplace in this century. Essentially he proposes that government control, which increases during a war or economic depression, continues after the crisis, with each increase influencing the prevailing ideology, making further increases more acceptable to the public. The process involves government taking on new functions more than expanding traditional ones. Because of this ratchet-like movement toward ever bigger government, Higgs is somewhat pessimistic about the survival of individual rights and a free society."
Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill) by David Cay Johnston
"Johnston, a New York Times investigative reporter, has spent his 40-year career exposing collusion between government officials and private sector entities as they enrich the rich and ignore consequences for middle-class laborers and the poor. In Perfectly Legal, he focused on hidden inequities in the tax system. This volume is a broader examination of collusion and unfairness, ranging from subsidies for professional sports stadiums to secret payouts to multinational corporate chief executives. At the base of Johnston's journalistic indictment are the highly paid lobbyists working Congress, state legislatures, county commissions, city councils and government regulatory agencies."
Books on anarchic political theory
The Market for Liberty by Linda Tannehill & Morris Tannehill
"The "meat" of the book is Part Two, "A Laissez Faire Society," and it is here that the Tannehills shine. In ten scintillating chapters they take up one major problem after another: the nature of a free society--"Property, The Great Problem Solver"--"Arbitration of Disputes"--"Protection of Life and Property"--"Dealing With Coercion"--"Rectification of Injustice"--"Warring Defense Agencies and Organized Crime"--"Legislation and Objective Law"--"Foreign Aggression"--and "The Abolition of War."
Or, put another way, building on Ayn Rand's philosophy, the Tannehills actually attempted to solve most of the nagging, persistent questions of social and political philosophy. Call it chutzpa, perhaps, but the solutions they offer to many such problems are often brilliant, highly original, and of enduring relevance. "
The Machinery of Freedom: A Guide to Radical Capitalism by David D. Friedman
"This book argues the case for a society organized by private property, individual rights, and voluntary co-operation, with little or no government. David Friedman's standpoint, known as 'anarcho-capitalism', has attracted a growing following as a desirable social ideal since the first edition of The Machinery of Freedom appeared in 1971. This new edition is thoroughly revised and includes much new material, exploring fresh applications of the author's libertarian principles.
Among topics covered: how the U.S. would benefit from unrestricted immigration; why prohibition of drugs is inconsistent with a free society; why the welfare state mainly takes from the poor to help the not-so-poor; how police protection, law courts, and new laws could all be provided privately; what life was really like under the anarchist legal system of medieval Iceland; why non-intervention is the best foreign policy; why no simple moral rules can generate acceptable social policies -- and why these policies must be derived in part from the new discipline of economic analysis of law."
Books on practical applications
Chaos Theory by Robert P. Murphy
"Among the most advanced topics in the literature in the Austro-libertarian milieu is that which deals with the workings of the fully free society, that is, the society with no state, or anarcho-capitalism. Robert Murphy deals with this head on, and makes the first full contribution to this literature in the new century. Working within a Rothbardian framework, he takes up the challenge of Hans Hoppe regarding the role of market insurance in property security to extend the analysis to the security of person.
His applications are part empirical and part speculative, but unfailingly provocative, rigorous, and thoughtful. The title itself refers to the supposed chaos that results from eliminating the state but Murphy shows that out of chaos grows an ordered liberty. Anyone interested in exploring the farthest reaches of anarchist theory must come to terms with Murphy's account."
The Law of the Somalis by Michael van Notten
"Written by a trained and sympathetic observer, this book shows how Somali customary law differs fundamentally from most statutory law. Lawbreakers, instead of being punished, are simply required to compensate their victim. Because every Somali is insured by near kin against his or her liabilities under the law, a victim seldom fails to receive compensation. Somali law, being based on custom, has no need of legislation or legislators. It is therefore happily free of political influences. The author notes some specific areas that stand in need of change, but finds such change already implicit in further economic development. Somali politics is based on consensus. The author explains how it works and shows why any attempt to establish democracy, which would divide the population into two classes-those who rule and those who are ruled-must inevitably produce chaos. Viewed in global perspective, Somali law stands with the Latin and Medieval laws and the English common law against the statutory law that became prominent in Europe with the modern nationstate. This book explains many seeming anomalies about present-day Somalia and describes its prospects as well as the dangers facing it."
Books on market anarchist thinkers
An Overview of Individualist Anarchism, 1881-1908 by Wendy McElroy
"Liberty contributors debated issues that remain controversial today, including private property, intellectual property rights, childrens rights, arbitrary power, financial institutions, and trial by jury. Although Tucker and his compatriots embraced the labor theory of value, their views on just about everything else speak to us today. They opposed political solutions to social problems, and they relentlessly exposed outrageous assaults on liberty."
Other books
Twilight of Authority by Robert A. Nisbet
Death by Government by R. Rummel
Healing Our World in an Age of Aggression by Mary J. Ruwart, Frances Kendall
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