From the White-PillBox: Podcast #8

Some links to material covered in the episode:

Several books exploring the belief in government authority…

• “The Most Dangerous Superstition” by Larken Rose

• “The Problem of Political Authority” by Michael Huemer

For the newbies

Since some may be new to libertarian perspectives, here is a short list of links you may find helpful. I’ve classified them based on the different ways people ponder issues:

Want to know how important things would get done without government?

• Reading material: “The Machinery of Freedom” by David Friedman; for private law specifically (rather than government law) try “Legal Foundations of a Free Society” by Stephan Kinsella

• Video: “The Case for Privatization, of Everything”

Want a comprehensive overview?

• Reading material: “The Voluntaryist Handbook” by Keith Knight

• Video: “Anarchy 101”, “The Philosophy of Liberty”

Want to get down to the root of it, without sugar coating?

• Reading material: “Anatomy of the State” by Murray Rothbard, “The Most Dangerous Superstition” by Larken Rose

• Video: “The Fundamentals”, “The Whole Problem”, “The State is Too Dangerous to Tolerate”, “The Tiny Dot”

Want to focus on economics?

• Reading material: “I, Pencil” by Leonard E. Read, “Economics in One Lesson” by Henry Hazlitt

• Video: “The Attractiveness of Austrian Economics”

Want to focus on the absurdity of politics?

• Reading material: “The Problem of Political Authority” by Michael Huemer

• Video: “Election Day”, “I’m Allowed to Rob You”, “If You Were King”, “The Jones Plantation”

Thanks for listening!