The Digital Library of Liberty & Power
incorporating the Guillaumin Collection of the Great Books of Liberty
Introduction: 50 Years and counting 50 years ago I first came across the theory of anarcho-capitalism when I was in my last two years of high school (1973-74). I read everything I could get my hands on and I still have most of those books still in my possession, although they are a bit worse … Read more
Date: 6 July, 2023 A Summary View The Sovereign Power The Ruling Elite The Political Class The Bureaucratic or Functionary Class Force Wielding Institutions The Welfare State The Regulatory State The Plutocratic or “Crony Capitalist” Class State Privileged or Dependent Firms & their Employees State Owned Firms State Privileged Firms State Dependent Firms The Dependent … Read more
[Frontispiece to John Wade’s “Black Book” (1835) showing John Bull (i.e. the British people) who has been captured and tied down (like Gulliver in Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels (1726) by the Lilliputians, who in this case are figures representing the army, the church, members of parliament, and the judiciary. The Lilliputians taunt him and rifle … Read more