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Eugene, I never said anyone signed a contract. I don't think signing is really the only way to subject yourself under a social contract. There are other ways. E.g. you can just say "Hey, I believe in social contract, and it contains x, y and z." and therefore you have accepted that particular social contract. Or you can just think that
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I'm not sure, but I guess it has something to do with what kind of "social contract" he/she has accepted. If someone accepts something I like to call "democratic social contract", then he/she accepts all kinds of taxation the state wants to impose on he/she under the condition that the taxation has been imposed thorugh democratically
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Are you asking for some sort of book suggestion, or did I misunderstand you?
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I have to say this is an excellent topic.
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But I assume you've already read a considerable amount of them.
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Have you checked what John James has done to help people with similar questions? Here you go: http://mises.org/Community/forums/t/28958.aspx
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I will be super original and say Rothbard. He wrote so much, and his writings don't cover only the economic side of libertarianism but also the ethical side of it. And even though if you don't agree with his ethics, you have to admit that writing about ethics is important when you want to promote a certain political position. So yeah, my vote
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I guess What Has Government Done to Our Money by Murray N. Rothbard would be a good book for a beginner.
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Thanks
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"was a period of enormous economic" Do you have a source for that?