Acknowledgements

My intellectual debt in anarchist theory belongs, hands down, to the late great Murray Rothbard (1916-1995). More broadly, my view of “how the world works” is due primarily to that fount of wisdom, Ludwig von Mises’ treatise Human Action.

The original idea (and Introduction) for this book came from Jeremy Sapienza. Robert Vroman provided the wonderful (if somewhat disturbing) artwork that so mercifully interrupts the monotony of the text. Matt Pramschufer laid out the cover design.

Zach Crossen and Pete Johnson reviewed an early draft of this book. I am grateful for the kind remarks of Lew Rockwell and Gene Callahan—two modern-day heroes in the war of ideas—featured on the back cover. I would like to thank the participants on anti-state’s Forum for their constant (if sometimes crude) criticism and questioning of my decidedly unorthodox views. Rachael Anne Fajardo played an indispensable role in providing constant encouragement and suggestions.

And finally I must thank Ron Pramschufer, and the rest of the staff at RJ Communications, for making it look like I’ve published before.

RPM
April, 2002