Liberty Fund Books
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Plea for Liberty, A
An Argument Against Socialism and Socialistic Legislation
Edited by Thomas Mackay
Introduction by Herbert Spencer
Foreword by Jeffrey Paul
Pub Date |
Jan 1982 |
Notes |
Introduction, foreword, index. |
| Format | Size Pages | ISBN-10 ISBN-13 | Price | |
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| Cloth | 6 x 9 | 0-913966-95-9 978-0-913966-95-2 | $24.00 | |
| Paperback | 6 x 9 | 0-913966-96-7 978-0-913966-96-9 | $12.00 |
Description
In a half-century of reviewing, I have never encountered a more sobering book than A Plea for Liberty.
— John Chamberlain, Reason
This collection of essays was originally published in 1891, at a time when the modern welfare state was first taking shape. The theoretical and empirical contributions are fine examples of the classical liberal tradition in British thought.
Table of Contents
FOREWORD BY JEFFREY PAUL viiPREFACE BY THOMAS MACKAY xix
SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS xxv
INTRODUCTION From Freedom to Bondage 3
By HERBERT SPENCER 1. The Impracticability of Socialism 35
By EDWARD STANLEY ROBERTSON
2. The Limits of Liberty 79
By WORDSWORTH DONISTHORPE
3. Liberty for Labour 137
By GEORGE HOWELL, M.P.
4. State Socialism in the Antipodes 183
By CHARLES FAIRFIELD
5. The Discontent of the Working-Classes 255
By EDMUND VINCENT
6. Investment 287
By THOMAS MACKAY
7. Free Education 331
By REV. B. H. ALFORD
8. The Housing of the Working-Classes and of the Poor 349
By ARTHUR RAFFALOVICH
9. The Evils of State Trading as Illustrated by the Post Office 385
By FREDERICK MILLAR
10. Free Libraries 415
By M. D. O’BRIEN
11. The State and Electrical Distribution 443
By F. W. BEAUCHAMP GORDON
12. The True Line of Deliverance 475
By HON. AUBERON HERBERT INDEX 521
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