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DespotismDemocratic Nations
In his foreword to the 1956 paperbacked edition of The Road to Serfdom (University of Chicago Press) Friedrich A. Hayek quotes briefly from Democracy in America, Part II, Book IV, Chapter VI, and suggests that the chapter be read “in order to realize with what acute insight De Tocqueville was able to foresee [in 1835] [...]
1Jun1956 | Alexis De Tocqueville | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Ownership And Control Of Water
Editor’s note: “What is the libertarian philosophy concerning ownership, control and use of water resources?” asks a professor who is studying the subject. That is about as tough a question as has ever been thrown at F.E.E.—a problem to which we’ve given little, if any, attention. But what an opportunity for a libertarian to test [...]
1Nov1955 | Alexis De Tocqueville | 2 comments | Continued-
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