Fields, Factories, and Workshops vs Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Économie politique, Economics
Fields, Factories, and Workshops
Fields, Factories, and Workshops is an 1899 book by anarchist Peter Kropotkin that discusses the decentralization of industries, possibilities of agriculture, and uses of small industries. Before this book on economics,…
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Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market
Murray N. Rothbard's great treatise Man, Economy, and State and its complementary text Power and Market, are here combined into a single edition as they were written to be. It provides a sweeping presentation of…
The verdict
- Readers rate Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market highest: Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market 4.1 · Fields, Factories, and Workshops 3.9.
- Fields, Factories, and Workshops is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 28 for Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market.
- Fields, Factories, and Workshops has the widest readership — 282 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Fields, Factories, and Workshops | Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (282) | — |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (16) |
Reception
| Fields, Factories, and Workshops | Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 282 | 16 |
| Editions | 89 | 1 |
| Citations | 67 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 1403 | — |
| Reading it now | 61 | — |
| Written reviews | 29 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 303 | — |
| Pages | 275 | 1544 |