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Anatomy of the State Paperback – 28 Jan. 2013

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Murray Rothbard was known as the state's greatest living enemy, and this book is his most succinct and powerful statement on the topic. He explains what a state is and what it is not. He shows how it is an institution that violates all that we hold as honest and moral, and how it operates under a false cover. He shows how the state wrecks freedom, destroys civilization, and threatens all lives and property and social well being, all under the veneer of "good intentions."
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ lulu.com (28 Jan. 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 58 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 130068240X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1300682400
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 0.38 x 22.86 cm
  • Customer reviews:
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Murray Newton Rothbard
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Murray Newton Rothbard (/ˈmʌri ˈrɑːθbɑːrd/; March 2, 1926 – January 7, 1995) was an American heterodox economist of the Austrian School, a revisionist historian, and a political theorist(pp11, 286, 380) whose writings and personal influence played a seminal role in the development of modern libertarianism. Rothbard was the founder and leading theoretician of anarcho-capitalism, a staunch advocate of historical revisionism, and a central figure in the twentieth-century American libertarian movement. He wrote over twenty books on political theory, revisionist history, economics, and other subjects. Rothbard asserted that all services provided by the "monopoly system of the corporate state" could be provided more efficiently by the private sector and wrote that the state is "the organization of robbery systematized and writ large." He called fractional reserve banking a form of fraud and opposed central banking. He categorically opposed all military, political, and economic interventionism in the affairs of other nations.(pp4–5, 129) According to his protégé Hans-Hermann Hoppe, "There would be no anarcho-capitalist movement to speak of without Rothbard."

Rothbard was a heterodox economist. Economist Jeff Herbener, who calls Rothbard his friend and "intellectual mentor", wrote that Rothbard received "only ostracism" from mainstream academia. Rothbard rejected mainstream economic methodologies and instead embraced the praxeology of his most important intellectual precursor, Ludwig von Mises. To promote his economic and political ideas, Rothbard joined Llewellyn H. "Lew" Rockwell, Jr. and Burton Blumert in 1982 to establish the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Alabama.

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  • Rick
    5.0 out of 5 stars Quick Read, Art is Cool, Profound
    Reviewed in the United States on 12 December 2024
    I love this quick read. Its concise, and completely dissects and explains the power of the state.
  • Alvaro Rivera Eraso
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book
    Reviewed in Canada on 11 June 2024
    I love this book, is simple to understand, its not so long and interesting. I love to have it on my personal library.
  • Gerardo Pérez
    1.0 out of 5 stars Baja calidad intelectual de autor! .
    Reviewed in Mexico on 30 November 2022
    Exhibe una ideología neoclásica ramplona verdaderamente decepcionante. Un librito de tres páginas completamente inútil. Tirar el dinero.
  • ramos
    5.0 out of 5 stars ¿ Es real el Estado ?
    Reviewed in Spain on 17 December 2024
    Impacta profundamente en tu concepción de nuestra realidad actual. Y es que muy en el fondo todos intuímos lo que el autor nos presenta: como es un eficiente método de transferencia de recursos de un grupo que produce a otro parasitario.
  • Hussein
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 July 2023
    Brilliantly explains what the State is and what the State isn’t, its parasitic nature, and its absolute disregard to its citizens’ welfare and freedom.

    Great read 10/10.