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Man, Economy, and State, with Power and Market

Murray N. Rothbard Updated 1/12/2012

Ridiculously low price! Murray N. Rothbard's great treatise Man, Economy, and State and its complementary text Power and Market, are here combined into a single edition as they were written to be. It provides a sweeping presentation of Austria...
The Menace of the Herd, or Procrustes at Large

Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Updated 12/20/2011

This exceeding rare book is by one of the great men of the 20th century. Written soon after his immigration to the United States, he signed the book "Francis Stuart Campbell" because he was a refugee from Austria and didn't want to enda...
Man, Economy, and Liberty: Essays in Honor of Murray N. Rothbard

Walter Block (ed.) Updated 12/6/2011

In 1986, a remarkable party was held on Murray Rothbard's sixtieth birthday, and papers written in his honor were presented. Two years later the book was released. It contained many wonderful essays--both scholarly and humorous--on his work and l...
Power and Market: Government and the Economy

Murray N. Rothbard Updated 12/5/2011

What can government do to enhance social and economic well being? Nothing, says Murray N. Rothbard. Power and Market contains the proof. It will inoculate the reader against even the slightest temptation to invoke the state as a solution to any socia...
Economics for Real People

Gene Callahan Updated 9/16/2011

The second edition of the fun and fascinating guide to the main ideas of the Austrian School of economics, written in sparkling prose especially for the non-economist. Gene Callahan shows that good economics isn't about government planning or sta...
On Doing the Right Thing

Albert Jay Nock Updated 6/7/2011

This wonderful collection of essays by Albert Jay Nock, first published in 1928, includes his "Anarchist's Progress," "Thoughts on Revolution," "The Decline of Conversation," and other classics by this great American...
The Law

Frederic Bastiat Updated 5/17/2011

How is it that the law enforcer itself does not have to keep the law? How is it that the law permits the state to lawfully engage in actions which, if undertaken by individuals, would land them in jail? These are among the most intriguing issues...
Defending the Undefendable

Walter Block Updated 3/30/2011

Professor Block's book is in a new edition from the Mises Institute, completely reset and beautifully laid out in an edition worthy of its contents. It is among the most famous of the great defenses of victimless crimes and controversial e...
Out of Step

Frank Chodorov Updated 3/11/2011

Frank Chodorov was a journalist of the Old Right with an extraordinary writing ability. He was also a top-notch intellectual figure who has been tragically neglected. This collection might be his best. Among the smashing essays here are: "Isolat...
The Market for Liberty

Morris and Linda Tannehill Updated 5/14/2010

Some great books are the product of a lifetime of research, reflection, and labored discipline. But other classics are written in a white heat during the moment of discovery, with prose that shines forth like the sun pouring into the window of a time...
1. The Prostitute

Walter Block Updated 10/18/2009

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Our Enemy, The State

Albert Jay Nock Updated 5/27/2009

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. The Mises Institute has long hoped for an opportunity to produce a...
The Corporation and the Free Market

Peter G. Klein Updated 8/1/2008

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God of the Machine

Isabel Paterson Updated 11/6/2007

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"Against Intellectual Property"

Stephan Kinsella Updated 1/15/2007

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"Democracy and Laissez Faire: the New York State Constitution of 1846"

Arthur A. Ekirch Jr. Updated 1/15/2007

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"Law and Liberty: A Comparison of Hayek and Bastiat"

James A. Dorn Updated 1/15/2007

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"Edwin M. Borchard, John Bassett Moore, and Opposition to American Intervention in World War II"

Justus D. Doenecke Updated 1/15/2007

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"Retribution and Restitution: A Synthesis"

Peter J. Ferrara Updated 1/15/2007

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"The Hayekian Model of Government in an Open Society"

Ronald Hamowy Updated 1/15/2007

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"Substantive Due Process and Labor Law"

Barry W. Poulson Updated 1/15/2007

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"Enforcement of Private Property Rights in Primitive Societies: Law without Government"

Bruce L. Benson Updated 1/15/2007

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"Customary Law With Private Means of Resolving Disputes and Dispensing Justice: A Description Of a Modern System of Law and Order Without State Coercion"

Bruce L. Benson Updated 1/15/2007

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"Reciprocal Exchange as the Basis for Recognition Of Law: Examples from American History"

Bruce L. Benson Updated 1/15/2007

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"Child Labor Amendment Debate of the 1920's; or, Catholics and Mugwumps and Farmers"

Bill Kauffman Updated 1/15/2007

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"Legislation and the Discovery of Law in a Free Society"

Stephan Kinsella Updated 1/15/2007

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"Punishment and Proportionality: the Estoppel Approach"

Stephan Kinsella Updated 1/15/2007

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"Restitution in Theory and Practice"

Bruce L. Benson Updated 1/15/2007

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"Libertarian Literature Review Volume 12, Number 2"

Stephan Kinsella Updated 1/15/2007

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"Libertarian Literature Review, Issue 13 Number 1"

Stephan Kinsella Updated 1/15/2007

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"Market Chosen Law"

Edward Stringham Updated 1/15/2007

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"Inalienability and Punishment: A Reply to George Smith"

Stephan Kinsella Updated 1/15/2007

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"Private Police: A Note"

Patrick Tinsley Updated 1/15/2007

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"Review of <em>To Serve and Protect: Privatization and Community in Criminal Justice</em> by Bruce Benson"

Mark Thornton Updated 1/15/2007

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"Toward a Libertarian Theory of Blackmail"

Walter Block Updated 1/15/2007

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"The Rise and Fall of Jury Nullification"

James Ostrowski Updated 1/15/2007

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"Patents and Copyrights: Do the Benefits Exceed the Costs?"

Julio H. Cole Updated 1/15/2007

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"The European Union's American Pedigree: Lessons from the Other Side of the Atlantic"

Myles Kantor Updated 1/15/2007

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"Book Review: James L. Nolan, <em>Reinventing Justice: the American Drug Court Movement</em>"

Bruce L. Benson Updated 1/15/2007

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"A Libertarian Theory of Contract: Title Transfer, Binding Promises, Inalienability"

Stephan Kinsella Updated 1/15/2007

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"Toward a Libertarian Theory of Inalienability: A Critique of Rothbard, Barnett, Smith, Kinsella, Gordon, and Epstein"

Walter Block Updated 1/15/2007

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"Reply to "Against Libertarian Legalism" by Frank van Dun"

Walter Block Updated 1/15/2007

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"Reply to Van Dun: Non-Aggression and Title Transfer"

Stephan Kinsella Updated 1/15/2007

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"Reply to Frank van Dun's "Natural Law and the Jurisprudence of Freedom""

Walter Block Updated 1/15/2007

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"Praxeology as Law & Economics"

Josef Sima Updated 1/15/2007

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"Legal Tender Laws and Fractional-Reserve Banking"

Jörg Guido Hülsmann Updated 1/15/2007

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"Sovereignty, International Law, and the Triumph of Anglo-American Cunning"

Joseph R. Stromberg Updated 1/15/2007

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"<em>Quod Omnes Tangit</em>: Consent Theory in the Radical Libertarian Tradition in the Middle Ages"

Carl Watner Updated 1/15/2007

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"Libertarianism and Legitimacy: A Reply to Huebert"

Randy E. Barnett Updated 1/15/2007

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"The Spooner-Tucker Doctrine: An Economist's View"

Murray N. Rothbard Updated 1/15/2007

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