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  • A Spontaneous Order

  • The Capitalist Case for a Stateless Society
  • By: Chase Rachels
  • Narrated by: Graham Wright
  • Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (69 ratings)

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A Spontaneous Order

By: Chase Rachels
Narrated by: Graham Wright
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A Spontaneous Order: The Capitalist Case for a Stateless Society is an astonishingly concise, rigorous, and accessible presentation of anarcho-capitalist ideals. It covers a wide range of topics including: money and banking, monopolies and cartels, insurance, health care, law, security, poverty, education, environmentalism, and more! To enjoy this compelling listen requires no previous political, philosophical, or economic knowledge as all uncommon concepts are defined and explained in a simple yet uncompromising manner. Take heed, this work is liable to cause radical paradigm shifts in your understanding of both the state and free market.

©2015 Christopher Chase Rachels (P)2016 Christopher Chase Rachels
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excellent favorite A.book! best political philos!

this book is required reading for the enlightened mind! PROVING we dont need inefficient, wasteful, murderous government at all! best book ever!

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Great concept, hard to listen to.

Would you consider the audio edition of A Spontaneous Order to be better than the print version?

I would probably recommend the print version over this audio version. The narrator is difficult to listen to because the voice inflections are not quite appropriate for the text. The subject matter is somewhat technical and tedious, which is compounded by the narration style.

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What didn’t you like about Graham Wright’s performance?

The voice inflection and the pronunciation of certain words was annoying.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No.

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The concept is important and the information is worth knowing. If the listener has an open mind or is liberty oriented there is much in this book of interest. However, there were many places where I found my mind wandering and had to back up and replay sections. I will listen to the book again to make sure I got all of the points being made by the author.

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"End the State. Free the Market. Liberate your Mind"

after I finished Chase Rachels' Spontaneous Order, I could think of nothing so much as, Pierre-Simon Laplace's, oft quoted, expiation to Napoleon when he asked about, the lack of God, in his theory.
"I have no need for that hypothesis"

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starts excruciatingly textbookish, finishes free.

Once surviving the first few chapters, it became a joy. it's nice to hear anarchy defined and intelligently defended.

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great introduction to the ancap world

introduction to praxeology maybe difficult step in the beginning but important to understand not dogmatic reasons for non aggression principle, property rights and relationships in free society. Unfortunately voice over was a complete failure of delivery. Reading is not smooth and hard to listen

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Awesome content

Content was great but the reader could have had more life, enthusiasm and passion for the subject.

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Top 10

One of the greatest books available on why and how we should have a voluntary society.

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Compelling, complete and controversial

Very intriguing. I may be a voluntaryist now! What a delightful surprise and profoundly helpful

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Great book, great info, bad narrator.

In audible app change speed setting to 1.25 instead of 1. You'll thank me later.

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Great Book Poor Recording.

Chase hit all the right points when covering the free market answer to life in the absence of the State. The recording volume was just too low compared to other books. It was too hard to hear while doing anything other than sitting in a quiet room or without ear buds or head phones.

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