Anatomy of the State

by Murray Newton Rothbard

 

Anatomy
of the State

 

Murray N. Rothbard

 

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LvMI

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MISES INSTITUTE

 

© 2009 by the Ludwig von Mises Institute
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ISBN: 978-1-933550-48-0

 

The greatest danger
to the State
is independent
intellectual criticism.

⁠Murray N. Rothbard

Contents

1. What the State Is Not ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   9

2. What the State Is ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   13

3. How the State Preserves Itself ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   18

4. How the State Transcends Its Limits ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   30

5. What the State Fears ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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6. How States Relate to One Another ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   47

7. History as a Race Between State Power and Social Power ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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8. Index ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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