| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xiii, 178 pages ; 21 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
The twin pillars of the nation created by America's Founders were strict limits on the power of central government and strict protections of individual rights. Now, at the close of the twentieth century, that state is gone - and Charles Murray wants to bring it back. In What It Means to Be a Libertarian, he offers a radical blueprint for overhauling our dysfunctional government and replacing it with a system that fosters human happiness because it safeguards human freedom. In this very personal book, Charles Murray paints a vivid portrait of life in a genuinely free society. He explains why limited government would lead to greater individual fulfillment, more vital communities, and a richer culture. He shows why such a society would have stronger families, fewer poor people, and would care for the less fortunate far better than does the society we have now. |
| Contents |
The Framework -- Principles -- The Public Good -- The Pursuit of Happiness -- An Image of Limited Government -- How Would it Work? -- The Trendline Test -- Choosing to Do It Ourselves -- Removing Government from Economic Life -- Tolerance and Discrimination -- Permitting Revolutions in Education and Health Care -- Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll -- Protecting the Environment -- Removing Government from Civil Life -- Loose Ends -- Is it Possible? -- Gloom and Hope -- Government As "Them" -- The Demand to Be Left Alone -- Lived Freedom -- The Stuff of Life. |
| Subject |
Libertarianism.
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Libertarianism. (OCoLC)fst00997235
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| ISBN |
0553069284 |
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9780553069280 |
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0767900391 |
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9780767900393 |
| Standard No. |
ZBWT00775690 |
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