Pg 305 – They Thought They Were Free Freedom is risky business; when I let my little boy cross the street alone for the first time I am letting him risk his life, but unless I do he will grow up unable to cross the street alone. Freedom IS a risky business. Freedom means you are liable…
Here is a categorical Table of Contents for posts relating to the book Death by Government by R. J. Rummel. For the original book review see here: Book Review: Death By Government as well as for a full list of quotes I pulled from the book see Quotable Quotes: Death By Government. Otherwise, see the below…
R.J. Rummel spent 8 years preparing and writing a volume of works which are summarized in this book, Death By Government. It is an impressive and critical read; yet also a horrible tale of human suffering caused by human in authority. Rather than attempting to re-phrase Rummel’s wording, let me quote him below: After eight…
Below is a list, a rather long list, or all the excepts I thought worthwhile making note of in the book. Warning, some excerpts contain extremely violent text. Update: For additional commentary and a the original book review see the Death By Government Commentary List Forward by Irving Louis Horowitz Pg xi It has often…
Economics in One Lesson. One short lesson. Perhaps a someone “ambitious and belligerent” title as Hazlitt himself states in the preface, but given that Hazlitt goes further and the lesson is to a single sentence within the third page of chapter one. What then is the point of the remainder of the book? Why, to…
The Economical Engineer 