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First published 1891

A Plea for Liberty: An Argument against Socialism and Socialistic Legislation

A Plea for Liberty: An Argument against Socialism and Socialistic Legislation by Thomas Mackay is available as a free PDF download at freecapitalists.org.

Author
Thomas Mackay, Auberon Herbert, Herbert Spencer, and Wordsworth Donisthorpe
First published
1891
Format
PDF
Pages
437
Publisher
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1891; Online Library of Liberty edition
License
Public domain by publication date.

A 1891 collection of essays by British individualists, edited by Thomas Mackay with an introduction by Herbert Spencer and contributions from Auberon Herbert, Wordsworth Donisthorpe, and others. Written in answer to the Fabian Essays, it argues that socialism and the welfare legislation of the time threaten liberty and, in the end, prosperity.

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