| What It Means to Be a Libertarian: A Personal Interpretation Contributor(s): Murray, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 0767900391 ISBN-13: 9780767900393 Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY) OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1997 Annotation: For the legions of Americans expressing or exploring libertarian beliefs, Charles Murray has created a radical, compassionate blueprint for solving today's most urgent social and political problems. Murray believes that America's founders had it right -- that strict limits on the power of the central government and strict protection of the individual are the keys to a genuinely free society. In What It Means to Be a Libertarian, he proposes a government reduced to the barest essentials: an executive branch consisting only of the White House and trimmed-down departments of state, defense, justice, and environmental protection; a Congress so limited in power that it meets only a few months each year; and a federal code stripped of all but a handful of regulations. Combining the tenets of classical libertarian philosophy with his own provocative thinking, Murray shows why less government advances individual happiness and promotes more vital communities and a richer culture. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Political Science | Political Process - Political Parties - Political Science | American Government - General |
| Dewey: 320.512 |
| LCCN: 96033531 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.55 lbs) 208 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Charles Murray believes that America's founders had it right--strict limits on the power of the central government and strict protection of the individual are the keys to a genuinely free society. In "What It Means to Be a Libertarian," he proposes a government reduced to the barest essentials: an executive branch consisting only of the White House and trimmed-down departments of state, defense, justice, and environment protection; a Congress so limited in power that it meets only a few months each year; and a federal code stripped of all but a handful of regulations.
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