{"product_id":"9780913966976","title":"The Man Versus the State","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpencer develops various specific disastrous ramifications of the wholesale substitution of the principle of compulsory cooperation—the statist principle—for the individualist principle of voluntary cooperation. His theme is that “there is in society . . . that beautiful self-adjusting principle which will keep all its elements in equilibrium. . . . The attempt to regulate all the actions of a community by legislation will entail little else but misery and compulsion.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHerbert Spencer\u003c\/b\u003e joined the staff of the London and Birmingham Railway as an engineer in 1837 and in 1848 took a position as editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iTunes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liberty Fund Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033454002416,"sku":"9780913966976","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780913966976_p0.jpg?v=1763862902","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780913966976","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}