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ISBN 0-8126-9069-9
$35.00 $31.50 paper |
288 pages
(August 1989) |
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The Machinery of Freedom
David
Friedman
This book argues the
case for a society organized by private property, individual
rights, and voluntary co-operation, with little or no
government. David Friedman's standpoint, known as
'anarcho-capitalism', has attracted a growing following as a
desirable social ideal since the first edition of The Machinery
of Freedom appeared in 1971. This new edition is thoroughly
revised and includes much new material, exploring fresh
applications of the author's libertarian principles.
Among other topics covered: how the U.S. would benefit from
unrestricted immigration; why prohibition of drugs is
inconsistent with a free society; why the welfare state mainly
takes from the poor to help the not-so-poor; how police
protection, law courts, and new laws could all be provided
privately; what life was really like under the anarchist legal
system of medieval Iceland; why non-intervention is the best
foreign policy; why no simple moral rules can generate
acceptable social policies—and why these policies must be
derived in part from the new discipline of economic analysis of
law.
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