The Rise and Fall of Society
The Rise and
Fall of Society
An Essay on the Economic Forces
That Underlie Social Institutions
FRANK CHODOROV
THE DEVIN-ADAIR COMPANY
| Contents | ||
| foreword by frank s. meyer | vii | |
| acknowledgment | xi | |
| introduction | xvii | |
| 1 | economics versus politics | 3 |
| 2 | from god or the sword? | 11 |
| 3 | the unit of social life | 20 |
| 4 | society are people | 29 |
| 5 | "easy come, easy go" | 38 |
| 6 | the humanity of trade | 48 |
| 7 | plenty by competition | 57 |
| 8 | government and property | 66 |
| 9 | a case of corruption | 80 |
| 10 | a state is born | 89 |
| 11 | "social services" | 99 |
| 12 | the profit of reform | 111 |
| 13 | the maker of shortages | 123 |
| 14 | a matter of degree | 134 |
| 15 | one can always hope | 145 |
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