A review of J.C. Lester’s Escape From Leviathan: Liberty, Welfare, and Anarchy Reconciled . Macmillan (London) and St. Martin’s Press (New York). 2000. [ISBN 0-333-77756-5] This book represents a landmark in the literature of liberalism on two counts. One of these is the author’s robust statement of his major thesis on the compatibility of free
A review of Malachi Hacohen, Karl Popper: The Formative Years, 1902–1945 . Cambridge: University Press, 2000. 610 pp. + xiii. Index. ISBN 0 521 47053 6. Hardback. In this article, I will suggest that market liberals and libertarians can gain a great deal from Popper’s ideas, provided that they put to one side some of his ideas about the capacity
[ Mises: The Last Knight of Liberalism • By Jörg Guido Hülsmann • Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama, 2007 • Hardback, 1150 pages, index] Jörg Guido Hülsmann, professor of economics at the University of Angers in France, has written a monumental biography of Ludwig von Mises. Running over 1,100 pages, it gives generous coverage to the historical and
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