Nock’s War on the State

Nock’s War on the State

Author: Mises Institute February 24, 2026 Duration: 9:50
Before Murray Rothbard, there was Albert Jay Nock laying intellectual broadsides against the tyranny of the state. While Nock (unlike Rothbard) never called for total abolishment of the state, he did want as minimal a state as could be had.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/nocks-war-state

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