{"product_id":"2940015645378","title":"Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature, and Other Essays","description":"All evidence points to the superiority of the libertarian ideal—private property, capitalism, international trade, laissez-faire—but something is keeping the world from embracing it. That something is wrong-headed ideology, some philosophical error grown into a massive system of thought, an agenda that if unleashed would mutilate and crush civilization as we know it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMurray Rothbard had a nose for such error. And when he smelled it, he wrote it up, exposed its underside, refuted its logic, and obliterated its intellectual foundation. That's why he was so hated—and so loved. He is so relentless that it makes the reader squirm. But he also teaches and inspires.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConsider, for example, \"anarcho-socialism.\" Here is an ideology that hates the state. Fine so far. Problem: it is an ideology that hates private property even more. In fact, these people believe that the state is the only reason private property exists. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With all the political books out there, each with a partisan spin, it's wonderful to read a thinker who doesn't fear exposing the errors of left and right, measuring anyone and everyone against the great benchmark of the idea of liberty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sixteen essays included in this volume are:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature\u003cbr\u003e    Left and Right: The Prospects for Liberty\u003cbr\u003e    The Anatomy of the State\u003cbr\u003e    Justice and Property Rights\u003cbr\u003e    War, Peace, and the State\u003cbr\u003e    The Fallacy of the Public Sector\u003cbr\u003e    Kid Lib\u003cbr\u003e    The Great Women's Liberation Issue: Setting it Straight\u003cbr\u003e    Conservation in the Free Market\u003cbr\u003e    The Meaning of Revolution\u003cbr\u003e    National Liberation\u003cbr\u003e    Anarcho-Communism\u003cbr\u003e    The Spooner-Tucker Doctrine: An Economist's View\u003cbr\u003e    Ludwig von Mises and the Paradigm for Our Age\u003cbr\u003e    Why Be Libertarian?\u003cbr\u003e    Freedom, Inequality, Primitivism, and the Division of Labor","brand":"Ludwig von Mises Institute","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069568434416,"sku":"2940015645378","price":3.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940015645378_p0.jpg?v=1763622865","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015645378","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}