Freedom is Slavery: Laissez-Faire Capitalism is Government Intervention: A Critique of Kevin Carson's Studies in Mutualist Political Economy

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07/30/2014 Journal of Libertarian Studies George Reisman

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Kevin Carson's New Book Studies in Mutualist Political Economy centers on the incredible claim, self-contradictory on its face, that capitalism, including laissez-faire capitalism, is a system based on state intervention, in violation of the free market.

Volume 20, Number 1 (2006)

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Reisman, George. "Freedom is Slavery: Laissez-Faire Capitalism is Government Intervention: A Critique of Kevin Carson's Studies in Mutualist Political Economy." Journal of Libertarian Studies 20, No. 1 (2006): 47–86.

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