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Private Defense

Private Defense

Virtually everyone agrees that a government is needed to provide the essential service of military defense. People with an open mind may be genuinely sympathetic to the arguments for a free society. Yet they regard all the clever blueprints for an anarchist social order as hopelessly naïve, because a community based on voluntary relations wo uld apparently be helpless in the face of neighboring States.

About the Anarchists

About the Anarchists

Robert P. Murphy is a Ph.D. candidate in economics at New York University, where he is working on a dissertation on monetary and interest theory. He is Senior Editor of anti-state.com, a regular columnist for LewRockwell.com, and a frequent contributor to Mises.org. He has a personal website, BobMurphy.net.

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Money, Bank Credit, and Economic Cycles

Money, Bank Credit, and Economic Cycles

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First Spanish edition 1998, Dinero, Crédito Bancario y Ciclos Económicos, Unión Editorial, Madrid

Copyright © 1998 Jesús Huerta de Soto

Second Spanish edition 2002, Unión Editorial, Madrid

Third Spanish edition 2006, Unión Editorial, Madrid

Fourth Spanish edition 2009, Unión Editorial, Madrid

Fifth Spanish edition 2011, Unión Editorial, Madrid

Sixth Spanish edition 2016, Unión Editorial, Madrid

Seventh Spanish edition 2020, Unión Editorial, Madrid

PREFACE TO THE FOURTH ENGLISH EDITION

PREFACE TO THE FOURTH ENGLISH EDITION

PREFACE TO THE FOURTH ENGLISH EDITION

PREFACE TO THE THIRD ENGLISH EDITION

PREFACE TO THE THIRD ENGLISH EDITION

PREFACE TO THE THIRD ENGLISH EDITION