Murray Rothbard was known as the state's greatest living enemy, and this book is his most powerful statement on the topic. He explains what a state is and what it is not. He shows how it is an institution that violates all that we hold as honest and moral, and how it operates under a false cover. He shows how the state wrecks freedom, destroys civilization, and threatens all lives and property and social well being, all under the veneer of "good intentions."

Vous etes-vous deja demande pourquoi l'education nationale etait un desastre, pourquoi l'on enseignait les arts plastiques ou la flute a des collegiens sachant a peine manier le langage soutenu sans fautes, pourquoi l'on en venait a supprimer les notes ou a leur retirer toute importance dans l'education, ou pourquoi les eleves brillants baillaient dans les classes ? C'est a ces questions importantes que repond l'economiste americain Murray Rothbard dans ce petit livre, traduit pour la premiere fois en francais. Il souligne que, chaque enfant etant unique quant a ses capacites et ses gouts, il...

2016 Reprint of Undated Original Edition Circa 1965]. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This gives a succinct account of Rothbard's view of the state. Following Franz Oppenheimer and Albert Jay Nock, Rothbard regards the state as a predatory entity. It does not produce anything but rather steals resources from those engaged in production. In applying this view to American history, Rothbard makes use of the work of John C. Calhoun How can an organization of this type sustain itself? It must engage in propaganda to induce popular support...