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David Hathaway; Foreword by Llewellyn H Rockwell Jr
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LARGE PRINT EDITION More at LargePrintLiberty.com. "Fascism" has
become a term of general derision and rebuke. It is tossed casually
in the direction of anything a critic happens to dislike. But
fascism is a real political and economic concept, not a stick with
which to beat opponents arbitrarily. The abuse of this important
word undermines its true value as a term referring to a very real
phenomenon, and one whose spirit lives on even now. Fascism is a
specific ideology based on the idea that the state is the ideal
organization for realizing a society's and an individual's
potential economically, socially, and even spiritually. The state,
for the fascist, is the instrument by which the people's common
destiny is realized, and in which the potential for greatness is to
be found. Individual rights, and the individual himself, are
strictly subordinate to the state's great and glorious goals for
the nation. In foreign affairs, the fascist attitude is reflected
in a belligerent chauvinism, a contempt for other peoples, and a
society-wide reverence for soldiers and the martial virtues. Lew
Rockwell, in this new volume, examines the starkly contrasting
systems of capitalism and fascism, noting pro-fascist trends in
recent decades as well as the larger historical trends in the
United States and internationally. In Section One, Rockwell focuses
on the nature of fascism and its influence in Western society, with
a focus on American political and economic institutions. In Section
Two, Rockwell examines capitalism as the enemy of, and antidote to
fascism. Combining economics, history, and political philosophy,
this book doesn't just provide a diagnosis of what ails American
and Western society, but also sheds light on how we might repair
the damage that has been done, and with the help of the
intellectual work of great minds like Murray Rothbard and Ron Paul,
we might as a society shed the fascism of our times and look to
freedom instead.
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Walter Block has been writing on the economics of discrimination -
and in defense of discrimination, rightly understood - for more
than 30 years. This large hardcover collects nearly all of this
writing to present a radical alternative to the mainstream view.
His thesis is that discrimination -- choosing one thing over
another -- is an inevitable feature of the material world where
scarcity of goods and time is the pervasive feature. There is no
getting around it. You must discriminate, and therefore you must
have the freedom to discriminate, which only means the freedom to
choose. Without discrimination, there is no economizing taking
place. It is chaos. The market embeds institutions that assist
people in making the wisest possible choices given the
alternatives. In this sense, discrimination is rational and
socially optimal. For the state to presume to criminalize it based
on social and political priorities amounts to a subversion of the
market and of human liberty that leads to social conflict. The
empirical detail in this work is as rigorous as the argument is
radical. What politics regards as a dangerous inequality, Block
regards as perfectly rational given existing realities. In essence,
Block's book is a specialized application of the libertarian
perspective on society, as applied to a particular controversy in
our times. It is supremely rare in tackling this issue head on, and
offering a no-compromise alternative: abolish all
anti-discrimination law on grounds that it makes no economic sense
and only generates conflict where none need exist. Will this book
cause controversy? Most assuredly. But that it is not its goal. Its
goal is the uprooting of a flawed and failed social theory and its
replacement by a realistic one that is rooted in a genuine concern
for human rights and the good of all.
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Burton Blumert was an entrepreneur who knew not only all that
there is to know about precious metals but also about politics and
economics. He offers his wide-ranging insights in this funny,
charming, and also learned collection of essays from many years of
writing. David Gordon finds that this book is full of insight:
"Burt's writings on politics are by no means confined to praise or
condemnation of particular people. He grasps the essence of issues
that most others fail to see at all." Blumert was among the closest
friends of Murray and Joey Rothbard, having helped him during in
his professional life many times. You will find here fascinating
stories of their life together. There are also movie reviews,
fiction and non-fiction reviews, commentary on media talking heads,
observations on various mass insanities, and a contrarian take on
virtually all conventional wisdom. This is an enjoyable book that
helps you see the world through the eyes of an observer thoroughly
steeped in the Rothbardian world view.
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The great essayist and economist pens a tribute to his colleague
and teacher. Dr. Peterson knew Dr. Mises well. Both were professors
at New York University. In this monograph, he describes his
temperament and personality as well as his scholarly contributions
- all in Peterson's legendary style. It is a fascinating portrait
and moving tribute to a master.
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Walter Block ranks among the most prolific and provocative
libertarian thinkers in human history. This volume fills an
important gap in his corpus of writing: a series of accessible
articles on cutting edge topics. His research and writing on roads,
education, labor, secession, drugs, and money fill the scholarly
journals, but these reductions bring this research to you in a
format that is designed to persuade everyone. The book therefore
extends the logic of liberty in new directions, helping the reader
to come to a radical understanding of the implications of economic
liberty for the social and political order. His mind is sharp as a
tack in dealing with conventional objections. Block even tries his
hand at taking on changes in language that subtly impact the
position of liberty in our social and political lives, thereby
picking up a project that Hayek had begun in the 1970s. Block alone
seems to have seen the merit of this type of analysis and extended
it into the age of political correctness. What first appears to be
an eccentric collection of unpredictable opinions on a large range
of provocative topics turns out to be a compelling presentation of
the logic of liberty applied to a series of practical issues that
surround us every day.
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Summing up the work of libertarian economist and historian Murray
N. Rothbard (1926-1995) and noting its stunning range, philosopher
David Gordon once wondered "if there are really three, four, or
five geniuses writing under his name." The lively essays collected
in this book display one of those geniuses: Rothbard the
journalist, cultural critic, political observer, and movement
organizer. Even more remarkable, they represent just a fraction of
what he wrote in his spare time, for just one publication, and in
just the last few years of his life. His articles combined
libertarian antigovernment economics, decentralist local
patriotism, antiwar isolation, and a dissident/reactionary cultural
outlook that saw the growth of government as the key to the loss of
the Old Republic. He defended land-rights groups against
environmentalists, citizen militias against gun grabbers,
isolationists against imperialists, paleoconservatives against
neoconservatives, populists against party regulars, anti-New World
Order conspiracy theorists against the establishment, nationalists
against internationalist planners, states' righters against
libertarian centralists, the Christian Right against its own
leadership, and much more. These essays show not only Rothbard's
intellectual vigor but the complete joy with which he embraced
life, and how his extreme optimism made even the most severe
setbacks tolerable. He experienced great disappointments and great
successes, but through it all he was heroic, undaunted, and
irrepressible.
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"On January 7, 1995, Murray Rothbard departed this mortal life so
that he may join the immortals. Sudden death delivered him from his
daily chores and put his task in other hands. "Those of us who were
privileged to know Murray Rothbard have lost a dear colleague who
inspired us with his incisive observations, brilliant reflections,
and always keen and sparkling remarks. His departure from the stage
of life is a loss to the whole libertarian world which he helped to
forge and mend. He was not only one of the greatest economists of
our generation but also a great social and political thinker. His
was a powerful mind comparable to those of his teacher, Ludwig von
Mises, and his teacher, Eugen von Bohm-Bawerk. "Murray was an
indefatigable worker, the author of an unending stream of books and
booklets, essays and articles, many of which have been translated
into foreign languages. Several are masterpieces which are destined
to be studied by future generations of students and scholars. They
have earned him a place of honor in the annals of libertarian
thought." - Hans Sennholz
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Stephan Kinsella says that he has "highly recommended this book
for years as one of the best introductions to libertarian/free
market thought." Enrico Peppe says it is "straightforward, logical,
and fun." Thank goodness it is back in print What you will find
here are one hundred plus short essays on every topic related to
free-market economics, all from the years of the monthly
publication of the free market, when Murray Rothbard was writing a
regular column. His work all appears here, but so do the writings
of many other top thinkers such as Mises, Block, Rockwell, Ron
Paul, William Peterson, Lawrence Reed, Richard Ebeling, Hans Hoppe,
and many more. Topics include privatization, socialism around the
world, economic history, debt and deficits, fiat money and exchange
rates, trade and protectionism, Keynesianism, supply-side
economics, and many other topics. It makes for great reading, one
essay at a time. It is the sort of book you can dip into and out of
very quickly, and gain a great deal of insight as you do. This book
was a top seller when it first went to print. It is back in print,
and retains all its original fire and prescience.
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