Life After the State by Dominic Frisby
Have you ever had the nagging feeling that the problems the country faces are spiraling out of control, that the government has lost its way and that, despite its promises, nothing ever changes? Well, you're right. In every instance where government gets involved in people's lives with a desire to do good, it can always be relied on to make the situation much, much worse. Yet despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, we imagine that a world without the state would be a wild and terrifying place. With wit and devastating clarity of argument, Frisby shows in this book that human nature proves the opposite to be true. Welcome to Life After the State. Dominic Frisby has gone and done something extraordinary: written a page-turner on the economy. It's both readable and radical, a serious book that is, by turn, fascinating, alarming and contentious. At times, the book makes you want to shout its message from the rooftops; at others, it just makes you want to shout. Life after the State challenges so much of what we take for granted. It is a wake-up call for politicians, economists and us all, written with clarity, verve and, more than that, the restless passion of an intelligent, inquisitive malcontent. Read it. - James Harding, once editor of The Times now Director of BC News and Current Affairs
Thought-provoking and original, anyone concerned how big and bloated government has become must read this bookDominic Frisby asks the kind of questions that those in Westminster need to start asking. - Douglas Carswell, MP We can't go on as we are. All politicians know that. But if they read Life After The State they might also start to understand what they might do about it. A must read for any thinking man or woman. - Merryn Somerset Webb, FT columnist and editor Moneyweek Magazine Things are so bad that in our time only a comedian can make sense of an economy based on printing money. Dominic Frisby's Life After the State is an accessible contemporary anarcho-capitalist critique of the mess we're in with pointers for our escape. - Guido Fawkes, political blogger It's incredibly readable and incredibly thought-provoking. - Al Murray, The Pub Landlord An entertaining cogent attack on state power, which should topple the centralist Trots once and for all. - Tom Hodgkinson, The Idler
Dominic Frisby is possibly the only financial writer and comic in the world. He has written for publications such as the Guardian and the Independent and publishes a weekly investment column for Moneyweek about gold and finance. He lectures about the future of finance at conferences all over the world. Frisby broadcasts a number of podcasts, performs stand-up comedy, and is a well-known voice actor. Life Without the State and Bitcoin: the Future of Money? are two of his earlier books.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781908717894 |
| ISBN 10 | 1908717890 |
| Title | Life After the State |
| Author | Dominic Frisby |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Unbound |
| Year published | 2013-11-07 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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