Mises Daily
Author:
Henry Hazlitt
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In 1884, Herbert Spencer wrote what quickly became a celebrated book, The Man versus the State . The book is seldom referred to now, and gathers dust on library shelves—if, in fact, it is still stocked by many libraries. Spencer’s political views are regarded by most present-day writers, who bother to mention him at all, as “extreme laissez