Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market vs Principles of Political Economy: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market Murray N. Rothbard · 2004 ★★★★☆ 4.1 1544 pages · ≈ 28 h 36 m · Moderate

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…

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Cover of Principles of Political Economy Principles of Political Economy John Stuart Mill · 1848 ★★★★☆ 3.8 626 pages · ≈ 11 h 36 m · Demanding

The appearance of a treatise like the present, on a subject on which so many works of merit already exist, may be thought to require some explanation. It might perhaps be sufficient to say, that no existing treatise on…

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Man, Economy, and State with Power and MarketPrinciples of Political Economy
Goodreads — 3.8 (237)
Google Books 5.0 (1) —
Apple Books 4.5 (16) —

Reception

Man, Economy, and State with Power and MarketPrinciples of Political Economy
Ratings 16 237
Editions 1 133
Film adaptations — 1
Want to read — 1896
Pages 1544 626

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