The Man Versus the State: With Six Essays on Government, Society, and Freedom

6 best books like The Man Versus the State: With Six Essays on Government, Society, and Freedom (Herbert Spencer): The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure, The Anti-Christ, Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States, The Abolition of Man, Stubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible Individuals, The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money

The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

Author

Jonathan Haidt

A timely investigation into the campus assault on free speech and what it means for students, education, and our democracy.

The generation now coming of age has been taught three Great Untruths: their feelings are always right; they should avoid pain and discomfort; and they should look for...

The Anti-Christ

Author	Friedrich Nietzsche
ISBN	1421270536

Monumento de escándalo para idiotas, arma arrojadiza en manos torpes, o cumbre póstuma del inquietante pensamiento y de la palabra pasional y devastadora de Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900). El Anticristo, como toda la obra filosófica del insigne alemán, ha sido interpretado de muy diversos...

Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States

Author	James C. Scott
ISBN	0300182910

An account of all the new and surprising evidence now available that contradicts the standard narrative for the beginnings of the earliest civilizations

Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains, and governed by precursors...

The Abolition of Man

Author

C.S. Lewis

When things get bad, I take out the bourbon. When, as occasionally happens, time drags on and things don't get any better, I put the bourbon away and take out C. S. Lewis. His books are short, readable, and filled with an uncanny amount of wisdom. His genius, and the reason he's always been a comfort to me,...

Stubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible Individuals

Author

Tyler Cowen

Growth is good. Through history, economic growth, in particular, has alleviated human misery, improved human happiness and opportunity, and lengthened human lives. Wealthier societies are more stable, offer better living standards, produce better medicines, and ensure greater autonomy, greater...

The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money

Author	Bryan Caplan
ISBN	0691174652

Despite being immensely popular--and immensely lucrative—education is grossly overrated. In this explosive book, Bryan Caplan argues that the primary function of education is not to enhance students' skill but to certify their intelligence, work ethic, and conformity—in other words, to...