Rereading Our Enemy, the State

Rereading Our Enemy, the State

Tags: Philosophy and Methodology, Political Theory, World History

08/12/2009 Cecil Palmer

It has in common with the classics all those qualities of clear thinking, objective presentation and lucid exposition which distinguish the wise philosopher from the merely intellectual pamphleteer, writes Cecil Palmer.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Floy Lilley.

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