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Though something less than a mass political phenomenon, the modern libertarian movement has managed to attract an impressive group of bright young writers to its standard, thereby achieving an intellectual impact far beyond its limited numbers.

Two of these younger writers have recently published books which show to good advantage the polemical skills which have advanced the libertarian cause in recent years. David Friedman’s The Machinery of Freedom: Guide to a Radical Capitalism (Arlington House, $10) is an engaging argument for an-archo-capitalism and the abolition of virtually all compulsory institutions. The author contends that government intrusions into economic and social life routinely hurt the people they are supposed to help.

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Though something less than a mass political phenomenon, the modern libertarian movement has managed to attract an impressive group of bright young writers to its standard, thereby achieving an intellectual impact far beyond its limited numbers.

Two of these younger writers have recently published books which show to good advantage the polemical skills which have advanced the libertarian cause in recent years. David Friedman’s The Machinery of Freedom: Guide to a Radical Capitalism (Arlington House, $10) is an engaging argument for an-archo-capitalism and the abolition of virtually all compulsory institutions. The author contends that government intrusions into economic and social life routinely hurt the people they are supposed to help.