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The Discovery of Freedom: Man's Struggle Against Authority

Politics & Social Sciences

Rose Wilder Lane

Politics & Government

Fox & Wilkes

Book by Morris Tannehill, Linda Tannehill

The Market for Liberty

Business & Money

Morris Tannehill

Economics

Just how far can the principles of individual liberty be pushed? Walter Block pushes them just as far as he can in defense of the activities of scallywags, rogues, rascals, and scoundrels. From the premise that activities involving force and fraud are outlawed, Block defends all of those "capitalist acts between consenting adults" that horrify right-thinking Americans by showing that they are actually beneficial. 
 "An outrageously funny yet ruthlessly logical book... If libertarians can't speak out forthrightly for individual freedom in unpopular areas, we haven't the courage of our alleged convictions. This book ought to be the cutting edge of the libertarian movement for years to come." -- D.T. Armentano 
 "Walter Block argues that some of the most socially offensive members of society--including prostitutes, libelers and moneylenders--are 'scapegoats' whose actual social and economic value is not being appreciated. Startling and illuminating! Block's lucid defenses often convince; sometimes they lead us to sharpen our attack. In either case, the reader cannot fail to be instructed and challenged by this mind-stretching, provocative, and occasionally infuriating book." -- Robert Nozick 
 "This witty and wonderful book is a veritable manual of the 'joy of freedom.' If we were only half as interested in liberty as in lust, we would not have half the problems we have." -- Dr. Thomas Szasz 
 "It is a magnificent book, a trailblazer. I would call it 'Drano for Clogged Minds,' except that Drano is neither amusing nor stimulating, and this book is both. Buy two copies--one for yourself and one for the person you want most to catch up with you." -- Roger Lea MacBride 
 "There are things that I strongly agree with and things that I strongly disagree with, but the book throughout is amusingly and sharply reasoned, courageous and always provocative." -- Henry Hazlitt 
 "Defending the Undefendable made me feel that I was once more exposed to the shock therapy by which, more than fifty years ago, the late Ludwig von Mises converted me to a consistent free-market position. Some may find it too strong a medicine, but it will still do them good even if they hate it." -- F.A. Hayek 
 "Until Prof. Block's book, no economist had the courage to tackle the moral and economic status of the dozens of reviled and misunderstood occupations in our society." -- Murray Rothbard

Defending the Undefendable: The Pimp, Prostitute, Scab, Slumlord, Libeler, Moneylender, and Other Scapegoats in the Rogue's Gallery of American Society

Walter Block

Business Culture

The Lysander Spooner Reader

Lawyer, abolitionist, radical; Spooner was one of the most fascinating figures in American history and a champion of individualism. This selection includes "Vices Are Not Crimes," "Natural Law," "Trial by Jury," "No Treason, the Constitution of No Authority," "Letter to Thomas Bayard," and Benjamin Tucker's eulogy.

Spooner, Lysander

Legal Theory & Systems

LARGE PRINT EDITION! More at LargePrintLiberty.com. Some great books are the product of a lifetime of research, reflection, and labored discipline. But other classics are written in a white heat during the moment of discovery, with prose that shines forth like the sun pouring into the window of a time when a new understanding brings in the world into focus for the first time. "The Market for Liberty" is that second type of classic, and what a treasure it is. Written by two authors-Morris and Linda Tannehill-just following a period of intense study of the writings of both Ayn Rand and Murray Rothbard, it has the pace, energy, and rigor you would expect from an evening's discussion with either of these two giants. More than that, these authors put pen to paper at precisely the right time in their intellectual development, that period rhapsodic freshness when a great truth had been revealed, and they had to share it with the world. Clearly, the authors fell in love with liberty and the free market, and wrote an engaging, book-length sonnet to these ideas. This book is very radical in the true sense of that term: it gets to the root of the problem of government and provides a rethinking of the whole organization of society. They start at the beginning with the idea of the individual and his rights, work their way through exchange and the market, expose government as the great enemy of mankind, and then-and here is the great surprise-they offer a dramatic expansion of market logic into areas of security and defense provision. Their discussion of this controversial topic is integrated into their libertarian theoretical apparatus. It deals with private arbitration agencies in managing with disputes and criminality, the role of insurers in providing profitable incentives for security, and private agencies in their capacity as protection services. It's for this reason that Hoppe calls this book an "outstanding yet much neglected analysis of the operation of competition."

Linda Tannehill

Cato's Letters defended liberty and attacked tyranny with passion and eloquence. Reprinted hundreds of times in Colonial newspapers, they were perhaps the most widely read source for arguments for freedom of the press, and against arbitrary government power and taxation. Now back in print are the stirring words of those immortal English authors, John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon. This volume offers 42 essays from their enormously influential Cato's Letters and The Independent Whig series originally published in the early 1720s. They inspired our Founding Fathers to strive for American Independence, and they will inspire you.   "No one can spend any time in the newspapers, library inventories, and pamphlets of colonial America without realizing that Cato's Letters rather than Locke's Civil Government was the most popular, quotable, esteemed source of political ideas in the colonial period." -- Clinton Rossiter.

The English Libertarian Heritage: From the Writings of John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon in the Independent Whig and Catos Letters

Cato's Letters defended liberty and attacked tyranny with passion and eloquence. Reprinted hundreds of times in Colonial newspapers, they were perhaps the most widely read source for arguments for freedom of the press, and against arbitrary government power and taxation. Now back in print are the stirring words of those immortal English authors, John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon. This volume offers 42 essays from their enormously influential Cato's Letters and The Independent Whig series originally published in the early 1720s. They inspired our Founding Fathers to strive for American Independence, and they will inspire you. "No one can spend any time in the newspapers, library inventories, and pamphlets of colonial America without realizing that Cato's Letters rather than Locke's Civil Government was the most popular, quotable, esteemed source of political ideas in the colonial period." -- Clinton Rossiter.

The English Libertarian Heritage: From the Writings of John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon in the Independent Whig and Cato's Letters

This 1935 classic sees the development of the modern state as the struggle between state power and social power, for "If we look beneath the surface of our public affairs, we can discern one fundamental fact, namely: a great redistribution of power between society and the State." Includes the essay "On Doing the Right Thing."  "Nock's Our Enemy, the State is a great and seminal work, in which Nock, in his justly renown style, introduces the vital libertarian concepts of 'State power' and 'Social power,' and applies them to American history. 'Social power' is people freely creating and voluntarily exchanging and interacting, and is responsible for Western prosperity and civilization. 'State power' is the age-old process by which force and theft combine to cripple and confiscate the fruits of Social power. Nowhere can the reader find a clearer or more forceful portrayal of the libertarian position." -- Murray Rothbard

Our Enemy, the State: Including "on Doing the Right Thing"

Nock, Albert J.

Nock, Albert

Reference

Liberty Against Power: Essays by Roy A. Childs, Jr.

Liberty Against Power: Essays by Roy A. Childs, Jr.

Roy A. Childs, Jr.

Nineteen essays on political philosophy, policy analysis, and book and music reviews, reveal the multifaceted mind of the man who knew everyone in the libertarian movement, learned from everyone, and was mentor to scores of young (and not-so-young) scholars and professional libertarians. 
 "The best of Roy Childs' written thought. These 19 essays range in time from an attack on the draft written when Roy was in his late teens, to an unfinished 'refutation' of anarcho- capitalism composed in his last years. There are theoretical essays--on subjects including libertarianism and its traditions, civil liberties as property rights, and the totally voluntary society- -and there are other essays dealing with more specific topics, such as the war on drugs. Ayn Rand's death in 1982 furnished the occasion for a thoughtful analysis of her enduring legacy and her place in the libertarian movement. "All the essays in this exciting book brim with what Joan Kennedy Taylor rightly calls Roy's 'unquenchable enthusiasm.'"-- Ralph Raico 
 "Little in life is more tragic than the shooting stars, the brilliant lights who illuminate the truth and brighten people's lives, only to flame-out before the history books take notice. Roy A. Childs, Jr. was one such phenomenon. A leading libertarian writer, editor and activist, Roy was also a good friend, tough intellectual sparring partner, and generous mentor... 
 "Liberty Against Power... makes for a wonderful read... It ranges across the philosophical and policy waterfront... The lead article is the book's title essay, setting the philosophical tone for not only this volume, but Roy's life. Over the last century, he observes, 'we have seen a massive growth in state power at the expense of what Albert Jay Nock called "social power."' To what result? 'Honesty calls upon us to proclaim that power everywhere is impotent in the face' of today's problems. And that he does eloquently and often."-- Doug Bandow, author of Politics of Envy

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The Discovery of Freedom: Man's Struggle Against Authority

The Market for Liberty

Defending the Undefendable: The Pimp, Prostitute, Scab, Slumlord, Libeler, Moneylender, and Other Scapegoats in the Rogue's Gallery of American Society

The Lysander Spooner Reader

The Market for Liberty

The English Libertarian Heritage: From the Writings of John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon in the Independent Whig and Catos Letters

The English Libertarian Heritage: From the Writings of John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon in the Independent Whig and Cato's Letters

Our Enemy, the State: Including "on Doing the Right Thing"

Liberty Against Power: Essays by Roy A. Childs, Jr.

Liberty Against Power: Essays by Roy A. Childs, Jr.