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The Progressive Road to Socialism

11/22/2023Books
Rothbard warned, “on all crucial issues, social democrats stand against liberty and tradition, and in favor of statism and Big Government.”
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A Collection of the Political Writings of William Leggett, Two Volumes

PoliticsProperty RightsPrivate Property

05/31/2023Books
A Collection of the Political Writings of William Leggett , selected and arranged, with a preface, by Theodore Sedgwick, in two volumes. (1839) This collection provides important example of populist laissez-faire opinion from the Jacksonian Era in the United States. In terms of economic...
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A Strange Liberty: Politics Drops Its Pretenses

Decentralization and SecessionMedia and CultureSocialismStrategy

02/21/2023Books
A Strange Liberty argues persuasively that the faith in democracy as a force for internal peace and dependable constitutional restraints has not worked. Instead, we are left with centralized tyrannies, highly disputable election results, ideologically driven media, and state educational...
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The Global Currency Plot

SocialismStrategyMoney and Banking

02/16/2023Books
from the Summary ... Democratic socialism—the ideology that dominates the world today—aspires to become a world state. The route toward it requires a single world currency to be created. That would undoubtedly create a dystopia. Might this become a reality? And if so, how can it be...
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Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities

Decentralization and Secession

10/13/2022Books
This book is for anyone interested in how issues of secession and decentralization come up again and again worldwide as communities of human beings seek self-determination, freedom, and economic prosperity.
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How to Think about the Economy: A Primer

Austrian Economics Overview

08/17/2022Books
From the Preface ... This little book was written to accomplish something big: economic literacy. It is intentionally kept very short to be inviting rather than intimidating, as economics books typically are. If I managed to meet this bar, you, the reader, will gain life-changing understanding of...
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Defending Liberty: Essays in Honor of David Gordon

LibertarianismPhilosophy

07/12/2022Books
David Gordon is a powerful intellectual champion for liberty and he does it with wisdom and and his own unique style, and we have all benefited by it. All of the essays in the Festschrift seek to explain and defend liberty, and in so doing, honor the work and live of David Gordon.
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Understanding Money Mechanics

Monetary PolicyMoney and BanksMonetary TheoryMoney and Banking

12/08/2021Books
This book provides the intelligent layperson with a concise yet comprehensive overview of the theory, history, and practice of money and banking, with a focus on the United States. Although the author considers himself an Austrian school economist, most of the material in this book is a neutral...
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Cronyism: Liberty versus Power in Early America, 1607–1849

Cronyism and CorporatismU.S. History

08/17/2021Books
History is a clash between the forces of liberty and the proponents of power. In Cronyism , Patrick Newman offers a compelling and important narrative on the early days of the American republic, and the rise of a Federal regime that conquers a nation conceived in liberty.
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Economy, Society, and History

SocialismStrategyPolitical TheoryPrivate Property

07/22/2021Books
[epub edition forthcoming.] In June 2004, Professor Hoppe visited the Mises Institute in Auburn to deliver an ambitious series of lectures titled Economy, Society, and History . Over ten lectures, one each morning and afternoon for a week, Dr. Hoppe presented nothing short of a sweeping...
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