Synopsis
Tucker's collected writings presenting American individualist anarchism: liberty, market competition without privilege, and opposition to both state and monopoly.
Core passage idea
Paraphrase · Public domainGenuine liberty means abolishing the state-granted monopolies that let the few exploit the many, leaving free competition among equals.
It frames anarchism as radical free-market liberty against privilege, distinct from both communism and capitalism-as-usual.
To avoid a bubble
Pair with Capitalism and Freedom.
Reading note
Assembled from polemical journalism; read it as engaged debate, noting Tucker's quarrels with rival radicals.
Best paired with
Capitalism and Freedom