Synopses & Reviews
Governments are bigger and more powerful than ever, while a citizen's ability to control his or her own life has never been less effective. Bovard shows how the State threatens to destroy the individual in order to preserve the belief that any government is superior to the citizen. Bovard asks how we got to this point and answers with a thoughtful look at the history of governmental control from ancient times to the present, peppered throughout with observations on our present day, out of control governmental regulatory commissions and all-confiscating IRS.
Review
"A principled and often eloquent vision of the minimalist state." --
National Review"This excellent book is going to cause a lot of people to do some serious thinking. Bovard...pulls no punches." -- Bob Grant, WOR, New York
Review
"A principled and often eloquent vision of the minimalist state." --
National Review"This excellent book is going to cause a lot of people to do some serious thinking. Bovard...pulls no punches." -- Bob Grant, WOR, New York
Synopsis
Freedom in Chains is Jim Bovard's guided tour throught the history and devolpment of the State from its humble beginnings to its present behemoth form.
About the Author
James Bovard is the author of
Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty,
Shakedown, and
The Fair Trade Fraud.
Table of Contents
Introduction * The Great Pretending: The State, Ideal and Real * The Mirage of Welfare State Freedom * Cagekeepers and Caretakers: The Farce of Modern Democracy * The Moral Glorification of Leviathan * Sovereignty and Political Slavery * The Forgotten Blessings of Liberty * Works Cited