Reading List
Session 1 - Theories of the State - Why does the state exist? (~30 pages)
Session 2 - Theory and Reality - Why does the state fail? (~20 pages plus audio)
Session 3 - Market vs. State - Solving public goods problems (~50 pages)
Session 4 - Is a Constrained State Possible? (~35 pages)
Session 5 - Can We Have No State? (~30 pages)
Session 6 - Changing the World (~25 pages plus video)
- Anatomy of the State by Murray Rothbard | Chapters 1-2: "What the State Is Not" and "What The State Is"
- The State by Franz Oppenheimer | "Introduction" and "Part I" The Genesis of the State
Session 2 - Theory and Reality - Why does the state fail? (~20 pages plus audio)
- Public Choice featuring Ben Powell | Audio +1 hour total
- The Road to Serfdom by FA Hayek | Chapter 10 Why the Worst Get on Top (scroll down)
- The 4 Boneheaded Biases of Stupid Voters by Bryan Caplan
- Why Bureaucracy Grows - MCPP booklet
Session 3 - Market vs. State - Solving public goods problems (~50 pages)
- Public Goods and Private Solutions in Maritime History by Larry Sechrest
- The Rise of Government Law Enforcement in England by Nicholas Curott and Edward Stringham
Session 4 - Is a Constrained State Possible? (~35 pages)
- The Role of Fiscal and Political Institutions in Limiting the Size of the State by Robert Krol
- Is Government Inevitable by Peter Leeson and Edward Stringham vs. Randall Holcombe
Session 5 - Can We Have No State? (~30 pages)
- Obviousness of Anarchy by John Hasnas
- Poking Hobbes in the Eye: A Plea for Mechanism in Anarchist History by Peter Leeson
- Do We Ever Really Get Out of Anarchy? by Alfred Cuzan
Session 6 - Changing the World (~25 pages plus video)
- A Brief Explanation of the Overton Window by Joseph Lehman
- How to Advance Liberty featuring Leonard Read | ~1 hour video
- Ideas versus Interests by Isaac Morehouse
- On Doing Something About It by Frank Chodorov
- The Intellectuals and Socialism by FA Hayek
- How Radical is Too Radical? by Isaac Morehouse and Christopher Nelson
