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Ruling Class Reader

This is a list of the extracts which make up The Ruling Class and the State Anthology of readings.

  • A Dialogue betwixt a Horse of Warre and a Mill-Horse (1644)
  • Adam Smith on Class (Selections)
  • Auberon Herbert, “A Plea for Voluntaryism” (1908)
  • Auberon Herbert, “Mr. Spencer and the Great Machine” (1906)
  • John Elliott Cairnes, The Slave Power (1862)
  • Lysander Spooner, “Governments as Bands of Robbers” (1882)
  • Lysander Spooner, “On the real governing power in the country” (1870)
  • Richard Overton, The Frogges of Egypt (1641)
  • Walwyn, An Antidote against Master Edwards (1646)
  • William Cobbett, “The Royal Family Of England” (Feb. 1816)
  • William Graham Sumner, “Democracy and Plutocracy” (n.d.)
  • William Graham Sumner, “Earth Hunger or the Philosophy of Land Grabbing” (1896)
  • William Graham Sumner, “Separation of State and Market” (no date)

Exploring Ideas

  • 12 Key Concepts of Liberty
  • 52 Quotations about War and Peace
  • Forgotten Gems
  • Quotations for Presidents Day
  • Ruling Class Reader
  • Selected Readings
  • Socialism: A Study Guide and Reader
  • Some Provocative Pairings of Texts about Liberty and Power
  • The Twelve Days of Christmas

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