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What does one need to know about politics? In some ways, Nock has
summed it all up in this astonishing book, the influence of which
has grown every year since its publication. Nock was a prominent
essayist at the height of the New Deal. In 1935, hardly any public
intellectuals were making much sense at all. They pushed socialism.
They pushed fascism. Everyone had a plan. Hardly anyone considered
the possibility that the state was not fixing society but
destroying it bit by bit. And so Albert Jay Nock came forward to
write what needed to be written. And he ended up penning a classic
of American political commentary, one that absolutely must be read
by every student of economics and government. One realizes many
important points about Nock when reading this. First, he was
brilliant, original, and courageous. Second, he hated politics --
indeed he hated politics so much that he wanted a society that was
completely free of it. This is why he is often described as
anarchist. Third, he surely was one of the great stylists of the
English language in the history of 20th century writing. Those who
have read Nock know that there is something about his writing that
tugs very deeply on one's conscience and soul. This book will
linger in your mind as you read the daily headlines. He makes his
points so well that they become unforgettable.
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Butler Shaffer has, over the course of several years, written 51
wonderful essays observing the dissolution of Western culture and
civilization. They have been assembled in the The Wizards of
Ozymandias a captivating work full of entertaining epigrams and
anecdotes, as well as enlightening commentary on current events,
and historical episodes, that will keep you engaged and immersed
from the first to last page. Shaffer's intellectual prowess and
deep well of life experience enlightens and rouses introspection at
every turn. It is immediately evident that the author has been
writing on law, economics, and history for decades. This book will
challenge you to more deeply contemplate the ideals of liberty. The
title may be foreboding, but for all that, the book is an uplifting
and gratifying read.
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Every once in a while, a treatise on libertarian philosophy
appears that presages a new way of thinking about politics and
economics. Mises's "Liberalism," Rothbard's "Ethics of Liberty,"
and Hoppe's "Democracy: The God That Failed" come to mind.
"Boundaries of Order" by Butler Shaffer is in that tradition,
scholarly yet passionate, providing a completely fresh look at a
marvelous intellectual apparatus by a mature intellectual who has
been writing on law, economics, and history for four decades. It is
the treatise on liberty and property for the digital age, one
written in the Rothbardian/Hayekian tradition with a consistently
anti-state message but with a unique perspective on how the great
struggle between state and society is playing itself out in our
times. Its added value is a vision of the completely free society
that is idealistic, practical, and thoroughly optimistic. In a
throughly-composed work that builds up from foundations all the way
through to an inspiring conclusion, he presents a vivid portrait of
how human cooperation within a framework of liberty and private
property yields results that produce human betterment in every
conceivable way. Just as powerfully, however, he shows that right
now, even amidst an epoch of despotic state control, we owe all
that we love in the course of our daily lives to the institution of
liberty.
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