Comments on: Benson is Available Again!

By: Larry N. Martin

Larry N. Martin — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:53:36 +0000

I suspect that Carpenter hasn’t actually read Benson’s book. Race is irrelevant to the issues being discussed. A person initiating force is a person initiating force regardless of that person’s race. Or is a white person initiating force somehow fundamentally different from a black or hispanic person initiating force?

By: Carpenter

Carpenter — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 08:21:29 +0000

Yes, the jails are overcrowded and the waiting list for trials is long. That is because of Black and other non-White crime gangs, which anyone taking a glance at crime statistics knows. But the author blames it on the state. Similarly, on the other side of the spectrum we have socialists blaming it on capitalism. Neither side dares take a look at who is committing the crimes, whether in Europe or in North America, because that means you are censored, your career is hampered, you can even lose your job. Libertarians don’t risk any of that, as their opposition to the status quo is a safe one. For all their claim to being rebellious, they are just as meek before the media masters and their politicians as any socialist. Because of that, all their models of the world are distorted. Therefore, all their literature misses the mark from the start.

By: Bretigne

Bretigne — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 05:39:18 +0000

NO WAY!!! I just spent $50 on it through Amazon!!! @#%&@#$%#!!!

By: Stephen W. Carson

Stephen W. Carson — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 04:15:02 +0000

Bruce Benson is well represented in the Study Guide. Also see the topics Anarchy and Law.

By: Michael A. Clem

Michael A. Clem — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:22:56 +0000

Great book. I read it years ago–really helped to form and reinforce my anarcho-capitalist viewpoint.

By: Gil Guillory

Gil Guillory — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:54:26 +0000

One might note that Bruce Benson was awarded the Adam Smith award by the Association for Private Enterprise Education this year for exactly this body of work (The Enterprise of Law, his later book on the same topic, To Serve and Protect, and articles such as these in the JLS (scroll down)). Bruce Benson is the man who has paved the way for an entrepreneur to understand and implement modern libertarian institutions of justice. Bonus: once you read The Enterprise of Law, Randy Barnett's Structure of Liberty becomes more accessible.

By: Nick Snow

Nick Snow — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 05:22:47 +0000

Fantastic book!