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Freedom, Society, and State - Ludwig von Mises Institute

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almost exclusively upon the expertise of juridical<br />

specialists while ignoring the, real needs <strong>and</strong> social<br />

instincts of the very people it is supposed to help.<br />

Here Osterfeld dares to refer to the ideas <strong>and</strong><br />

theoretical insights of a number of unconventional but<br />

extremely provocative thinkers, social theorists like<br />

Lys<strong>and</strong>er Spoo'ner, Friedrich A. Hayek, Murray N.<br />

Rothbard, Gabriel Kolko, <strong>Ludwig</strong> <strong>von</strong> <strong>Mises</strong>, Robert<br />

Nisbet, Walter Grinder, <strong>and</strong> R<strong>and</strong>olph Bourne. Convinced<br />

t ha t t her e· is 1itt Ie hope for human freedom to be found<br />

in the the 0 r i e s 0 f e i the r Ma r x 0 r Keynes, Os t er f e I d<br />

leads his readers in a quest for a more intelligent<br />

sol ut ion to the prodigious problems imposed upon us by<br />

modernity. This book most certainly gives the reader a<br />

percept ive guide to an underst<strong>and</strong>ing of contemporary<br />

libertarian thought <strong>and</strong> the logic of individualist<br />

anarchism as a means to regain our freedom.<br />

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