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"In a half-century of reviewing, I have never encountered a more sobering book than A Plea for Liberty."-- John Chamberlain, "Reason"This collection of essays was originally published in 1891, at a time when the modern welfare state was first taking shape. The theoretical and empirical contributions are fine examples of the classical liberal tradition in British thought.

"In a half-century of reviewing, I have never encountered a more sobering book than A Plea for Liberty."-- John Chamberlain, "Reason"This collection of essays was originally published in 1891, at a time when the modern welfare state was first taking shape. The theoretical and empirical contributions are fine examples of the classical liberal tradition in British thought.