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This is a first-rate introduction to the political thought of Herbert Spencer. The book is clear, thorough, and readable. Spencer is a theorist of individual rights, societal progress, and anti-militarism who has long deserved such a primer. --Williamson M. Evers, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education a worthwhile project and one that should generate considerable interest Professor Bruce Caldwell, University of North Carolina, General Editor of The Collected Works of F.A. Hayek

""This is a first-rate introduction to the political thought of Herbert Spencer. The book is clear, thorough, and readable. Spencer is a theorist of individual rights, societal progress, and anti-militarism who has long deserved such a primer. "" --Williamson M. Evers, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education ""a worthwhile project and one that should generate considerable interest"" Professor Bruce Caldwell, University of North Carolina, General Editor of The Collected Works of F.A. Hayek Herbert Spencer is a well-written, -referenced, and -researched book that never slips into the error of academic cleverness. Mingardi pays respect to a fallen leader who deserves to stand tall. He steps back and lets Spencer speak. This book presents an accessible yet sophisticated overview of an English philosopher who was key in the development of classical liberalism. * Wendy McElroy, The Freeman, 2012 *

This is a first-rate introduction to the political thought of Herbert Spencer. The book is clear, thorough, and readable. Spencer is a theorist of individual rights, societal progress, and anti-militarism who has long deserved such a primer. --Williamson M. Evers, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education a worthwhile project and one that should generate considerable interest Professor Bruce Caldwell, University of North Carolina, General Editor of The Collected Works of F.A. Hayek Herbert Spencer is a well-written, -referenced, and -researched book that never slips into the error of academic cleverness. Mingardi pays respect to a fallen leader who deserves to stand tall. He steps back and lets Spencer speak. This book presents an accessible yet sophisticated overview of an English philosopher who was key in the development of classical liberalism. Wendy McElroy, The Freeman, 2012

This is a first-rate introduction to the political thought of Herbert Spencer. The book is clear, thorough, and readable. Spencer is a theorist of individual rights, societal progress, and anti-militarism who has long deserved such a primer. --Williamson M. Evers, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education a worthwhile project and one that should generate considerable interest Professor Bruce Caldwell, University of North Carolina, General Editor of The Collected Works of F.A. Hayek Herbert Spencer is a well-written, -referenced, and -researched book that never slips into the error of academic cleverness. Mingardi pays respect to a fallen leader who deserves to stand tall. He steps back and lets Spencer speak. This book presents an accessible yet sophisticated overview of an English philosopher who was key in the development of classical liberalism. * Wendy McElroy, The Freeman, 2012 *

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Alberto Mingardi is Director General of the Istituto Bruno Leoni (Milan) and an Adjunct Scholar with the Cato Institute (Washington, DC). His last book was L'intelligenza del denaro. Perché il mercato ha ragione anche quando ha torto (2013).

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