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? (~5 pages plus audio)
Session 3 - Market vs. State - Solving public goods problems (~25 pages plus video)
Session 4 - Is a Constrained State Possible? (~30 pages)
Session 5 - Can We Have No State? (~30 pages)
Session 6 - Changing the World (~35 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? (~5 pages plus audio)
- Why Government Fails by Isaac Morehouse
- Public Choice audio lecture by Ben Powell (60 minutes)
Session 3 - Market vs. State - Solving public goods problems (~25 pages plus video)
- Public Goods and Government Action by Jonathan Anomaly
- The Private Provision of Public Goods by Donald J. Boudreaux
- Have Markets Failed? video lecture by John Hasnas (23 minutes)
Session 4 - Is a Constrained State Possible? (~30 pages)
- The Role of Fiscal and Political Institutions in Limiting the Size of the State by Robert Krol
- The Myth of the Rule of Law by John Hasnas
Session 5 - Can We Have No State? (~30 pages)
- The Obviousness of Anarchy by John Hasnas
- Do We Ever Really Get Out of Anarchy? by Alfred Cuzan
Session 6 - Changing the World (~35 pages plus video)
- A Brief Explanation of the Overton Window by Joseph Lehman
- How to Advance Liberty video lecture by Leonard Read (1 hour)
- Uberocracy by Zachary Slayback
- On Doing Something About It by Frank Chodorov
- Why Do Intellectuals Oppose Capitalism? by Robert Nozick
- How Radical is Too Radical? by Isaac Morehouse and Christopher Nelson
