Defenders of the free market often have to explain how certain tasks would get accomplished if government did not do them. This volume of over two dozen Freeman essays shows how voluntary actions among individuals, some of them on “the market,” others part of civil society or the non-profit sector, can accomplish all kinds of tasks normally assigned to government. In addition, some essays explore the ways in which other kinds of voluntary activity, such as advertising, are also beneficial, despite what critics say. Essays on the private provision of social insurance, medical care, money, and roads are especially engaging.
Also from the FEE Library
Clichés of Socialism Number 43 by Leonard E. Read
“No one must profit from the misfortune of others.”
“Is America Bankrupt?” by
“Is America Bankrupt?” A a short magazine clip from 1957 about America’s debt problem.
Letter From F.A. “Baldy” Harper to Henry Hazlitt March 17, 1948 by F.A. Harper
Letter From F.A. “Baldy” Harper to Henry Hazlitt March 17, 1948 discussing the House Agricultural Committee shelving the oleo (margarine) tax repeal bill.
Cliches of Socialism Number 9 by Paul L. Poirot
“Man is born for cooperation, not competition” or “The idols of the marketplace must yield to those of humanity.”
Cliches of Socialism Number 30 by Paul L. Poirot
“The Government can do it cheaper because it doesn’t have to make a profit.”
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Great expose. I first read about Roosevelt and how he kept us in the Depression in Stormer, None Dare Call it Treason. This book is comparatively mild in exposing how terrible Roosevelt really was. The only reason Woodrow Wilson was even worse was because he was bought by bankers and that established the fraudulent, globalist Federal reserve.
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26 February 2010 at 12:43 am