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Books on Anarcho Capitalism and Minarchism

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leftie Posted: Sat, Sep 11 2010 8:33 AM

Hi All,

As the issue of the State, or no State, is an important one.  What would good books to read be? I've tried Nozick's Minarchist book "State, Anarchy and Utopia" I found it very heavy going.

Any An-cap books? I've ordered  "Anarchy and the Law: The Political Economy of Choice" by E.Stringham are there any other books recommended?

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Naevius replied on Sat, Sep 11 2010 7:34 PM

I'm halfway through Murray Rothbard's For a New Liberty and I can't recomment it highly enough. Rothbard's smashed just about every statist fallacy so far. He's even brought up some I hadn't even thought about then proceeded to demolish them.

Also, I recommend Stefan Molyneux's free book Practical Anarchy, which you can find at freedomainradio.com You can get it in PDF or audiobook format.

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leftie replied on Mon, Sep 13 2010 2:35 PM
Hi guys thanks for your replies I've ordered Rothbard's "For a New Liberty". Nielsio thanks for your advice I checked out your website and have found a link to a local (London) An-Cap meeting place. So I'll hopefuly meet some like minded people. BTW I read an interesting article in" the myth of national defense" on Secession. This seems a good way for a state to dissolve safely into, hopefuly, more libertarian societies.
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Sieben replied on Mon, Sep 13 2010 2:52 PM

Its not a book, but it presents a unique perspective. http://www.veritasnoctis.net/docs/persistentanarchyapsa2006.pdf

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justinx0r replied on Mon, Sep 20 2010 5:40 PM
Anything by David Friedman is good. He's very easy to understand and all his books are top notch.
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Fluke replied on Fri, Oct 1 2010 6:33 AM

Nielsio:

You've read all of those books? *gasp*

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