Our Enemy, The State (Part 2 of 5) by Albert Jay Nock

Excerpt audio presentation of Albert Jay Nock's classic "Our Enemy, The State". This is one of the best books ever written about the nature of the State. Originally published in 1935 during the height of FDR's "New Deal", it still speaks directly to us today about the dangers of government power, especially during the recent Bush, and now Obama administrations. http://mises.org Albert Jay Nock (1870-1945) was an influential American libertarian author, educational theorist, and social critic of the early and middle 20th century. Murray Rothbard was deeply influenced by him, and so was the whole generation of free-market thinkers of the 1950s. Read 'Our Enemy, The State' online: http://mises.org/books/Our_Enemy_The_State_Nock.pdf Selected writings by (and about) Albert Jay Nock: The Criminality of the State http://mises.org/story/2352 Life, Liberty, and ... http://mises.org/daily/2412 The New Slavery: Nock on Spencer http://mises.org/daily/1944 Isaiah's Job http://mises.org/daily/2892 The Difference between a Liberal and a Radical http://mises.org/daily/2911 The Theory of Education in the United States http://mises.org/daily/2765 The Socialism of Mr. Shaw http://mises.org/daily/2432 Anarchist's Progress http://mises.org/daily/2714 What the American Votes For http://mises.org/daily/3255 Albert Jay Nock: Forgotten Man of the Old Right http://mises.org/story/2717 Albert Jay Nock: A Gifted Pen for Radical Individualism http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/albert-jay-nock-a-gifted-pen-for-radical-individualism/ DISCLAIMER: Owner of this media presentation, the Ludwig von Mises Institute, has given permission under the Creative Commons license to publicly repost and remix as long as credit is given to the Mises Institute. More info at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/ This YouTube channel, LibertyInOurTime, is in no way endorsed or affiliated with the Ludwig von Mises Institute or any of its lecturers or staff members.