Social Class and State Power: Exploring an Alternative Radical Tradition

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxvi
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Richard Overton, “Monopolists as Frogs and Vermin” (1641)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 3-6
 Adam Smith, “On Conspiracies, Monopolies, and Unproductive Labour” (1776)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 7-9
 Thomas Paine, The Rights of Man (1792)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 11-17
 Thomas Paine, Letter Addressed to the Addressers on the Late Proclamation (June 1792)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 19-24
 William Godwin, “Of Courts, Subjects, and Pensions” (1793)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 25-32
 Vicesimus Knox, The Spirit of Despotism (1795)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 33-37
 Jeremy Bentham, “Causes of All Mischiefs,” Plan of Parliamentary Reform (1817)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 39-45
 Jeremy Bentham, “How the Demand for Political Fallacies Is Created by the State of Interests,” The Book of Fallacies (1824)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 47-49
 Thomas Hodgskin, “On Obedience as the Object of Legislation” (1832)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 51-58
 William Leggett, “The Lordlings of the Paper Dynasty” (1834)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 59-62
 James Mill, “On Those Who Pillage and Those Who Are Pillaged” (1835)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 63-69
 John Wade, “The Aristocracy and the Oligarchy” (1835)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 71-79
 Adolphe Blanqui, “The Class Which Does Not Kill or Pillage” (1837)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 81-85
 Richard Cobden, “England Is a Perfect Paradise for the Aristocracy” (1845–49)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 87-94
 Frédéric Bastiat, “The English Oligarchy” (1845)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 95-98
 Frédéric Bastiat, “The Physiology of Plunder” (1847)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 99-106
 John C. Calhoun, “Tax Payers versus Tax Receivers” (1849)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 107-115
 Charles Renouard, “Robbers as Parasites” (1852)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 117-123
 Gustave de Molinari, “The Nobility as Conquering Plunderers” (1852)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 125-131
 Augustin Thierry, “The Emancipation of the Bourgeoisie” (1853)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 133-139
 Herbert Spencer, “The Class-Bias” (1873)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 141-146
 Herbert Spencer, “The Militant Type of Society” (1882)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 147-152
 Lysander Spooner, No Treason. No. VI. The Constitution of No Authority (1870)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 153-160
 Lysander Spooner, Natural Law Contrasted with Legislation (1882)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 161-165
 William Graham Sumner, “The Forgotten Man” (1883)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 167-174
 William Graham Sumner, “Democracy and Plutocracy” (Undated)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 175-178
 Benjamin R. Tucker, “The Four Monopolies: Money, Land, Tariffs, and Patents” (1888)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 179-187
 Franz Oppenheimer, “The Economic Versus the Political Means of Acquiring Wealth” (1908)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 189-193
 Albert J. Nock, Our Enemy, the State (1935)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 195-202
 Ludwig von Mises, “On Castes, Classes, and Group Interests” (1945)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 203-210
Front Matter ....Pages 211-211
 Murray N. Rothbard, “The Anatomy of the State” (1965)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 213-231
 Roy A. Childs, “Big Business and the Rise of American Statism” (1969, 1971)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 233-254
 Walter E. Grinder and John Hagel, “Toward a Theory of State Capitalism: Ultimate Decision-Making and Class Structure” (1974)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 255-275
  Hans-Hermann Hoppe, “Marxist and Austrian Class Analysis” (1990)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 277-295
 Roderick T. Long, “Toward a Libertarian Theory of Class” (1998)  (David M. Hart, Gary Chartier, Ross Miller Kenyon, Roderick T. Long)....Pages 297-329
Back Matter ....Pages 331-345