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Liberty Against Power

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Summary

Full Title: Liberty Against Power: Essays by Roy A. Childs, Jr. Author(s): Roy A. Childs, Jr., Edited by Joan Kennedy Taylor, Foreword by Thomas Szasz Year Published: 1994 Publisher: Fox & Wilkes Publication Type: Commercial ISBN-10: 0-930073-13-4 (hardcover), 0-930073-12-6 (paperback) ISBN-13: 978-0-930073-13-8 (hardcover), 978-0-930073-12-1 (paperback) Description: Childs was a libertarian writer best known for an "open letter" to Ayn Rand in which he argued that she should endorse anarchism. She never did, nor did she respond to his letter. This posthumous collection includes that essay and a couple of others related to Objectivism, along with more essays on other topics. Childs died in 1992.

Contents

Chapters significantly related to Ayn Rand or Objectivism are indicated in bold. Where an item is by an author other than Childs, the author's name is noted in parentheses. Years noted in parentheses are part of the original chapter listings.

• Remembering Roy (Thomas S. Szasz)
• Roy A. Childs: A Biographical Sketch (Joan Kennedy Taylor)
• Liberty Against Power: An Introduction to the Traditions, Ideas and Promises of Libertarianism (1975)

The Practice of Power

• Big Business and the Rise of American Statism (1971)
• The Iranian Drama (1980)
• El Salvador: The Myth of Progressive Reform (1981)
• Crime in the Cities: The Drug Connection (1981)
• Politics: The New Authoritarians (1982)

Toward a Theory of Liberty

• The Defense of Capitalism in Our Time (1975)
• Objectivism and the State: An Open Letter to Ayn Rand (1969)
• The Invisible Hand Strikes Back (1977)
• Anarchist Illusions (1989)
• Land Reform and the Entitlement Theory of Justice (1977)
• Property Rights/Civil Liberties: Two Sides of One Coin (1978)

Cultural Observations

• Education and the Draft (1967-68)
• Regulating the Poor (1971-72)
• Giovanni Sgambati, Piano Concerto in G Minor, Op. 15 (1973)
• Alliances Are Tripwires (1982)
• Kay Nolte Smith: Introduction to One Hell of a Storyteller (1983)
• The Discovery of Freedom (1985)
• Ayn Rand and the Libertarian Movement (1982)

Related Links

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The following essays from this book are available online:

• "Objectivism and the State"
• "The Invisible Hand Strikes Back"

Biographies of Roy A. Childs, Jr.:

• At Advocates for Self-Government
• Wikipedia entry

Biographies and obituaries of Joan Kennedy Taylor:

• At The Atlas Society
• At LewRockwell.com
• At Overlawyered blog
• At Reason Online
• Tribute blog
• Wikipedia entry

Reviews, Criticism and Analysis

The following perspectives on this book are available online:

• By Doug Bandow for The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty

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