Today is the 82nd birthday of Butler Shaffer, one of the great pioneers of the libertarian movement. Butler taught at the Freedom School of Robert LeFevre and, until his recent retirement, he was Professor of Law at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles. He is an outstanding legal theorist and historian. In Boundaries of Order, he shows how people can establish a social order without the use or threat of force.
Review of Andrew Carnegie: An Economic Biography by Samuel Bostaph
Review of Andrew Carnegie: An Economic Biography by Samuel Bostaph
Vol. 19 | No. 3 | 302–306
Fall 2016
Book Review
Entrepreneur Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) emigrated to the United States from Scotland at age 12, working entry-level jobs (bobbin boy, messenger, telegraph operator) that taught him about the importance of initiative and self-taught education. At age 17, Carnegie became a railroad superintendent’s personal secretary when his employer discovered he could read and write.
Review of Private Governance: Creating Order in Economic and Social Life by Edward P. Stringham
The Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics
Vol. 19 | No. 3 | 297–301
Fall 2016
Book Review
Review of Private Governance: Creating Order in Economic and Social Life by Edward P. Stringham
Review of Living Economics: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow by Peter Boettke
