What are the best books against the Welfare Statism?

[PinoyLiberal08]

I realize there are few hardcore socialists today, at least here in the Philippines. But the enormous majority believe in socializing sectors like health care, education, insurance. Fanatic leftist intellectuals here dominate the top universities and praise the European Social Democratic welfare state as the epitome of civilized society. They do not realize that this is also socialism, only piecemeal socialism. The task now is to de-legitimize democracy, interventionism and welfarism. I want to ask what are the best books to read about the welfare state. I know Hazzlit has some good ones but I’d also appreciate books from outside of Austrian economics. Using praxeological arguments like democracy leads to de-civilization because it encourages high-time preference, and time preference is the foundation of (Bohm Bawerkian) capital theory and capital theory is foundational to economics… as Hoppe points out… does not really appeal to interventionists ,even though it’s a wrecking ball of a theoretical argument since they, are empiricists. So I maybe it would be better if we speak in their ‘language’ first before moving on to praxeology. There are some articles that I found but I’m asking for the best books.

Europe’s Ailing Social Model: Facts & Fairy-Tales | The Brussels Journal

http://www.city-journal.org/html/9_2_oh_to_be.html

The Myth of Scandinavian Socialism

Many leftists often point to the “superiority” of Scandinavian “socialism.” Leftists often use Denmark and Sweden as their examples, since they are the most successful Scandinavian nations. I already covered this issue in an earlier post, but I feel it is important to rehash this topic and to post a refutation of this leftist fallacy. For this post, we shall define Scandinavian countries as Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Iceland. Some might dispute whether we should consider Finland and I…

[PinoyLiberal08]

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[NewLiberty]

Sheldon Richman - Tethered Citizens: Time to Repeal the Welfare State (2001)

http://www.fff.org/books/1890687014.asp

http://www.amazon.com/Tethered-Citizens-Repeal-Welfare-State/dp/1890687014

http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul462.html

http://townhall.com/columnists/WalterEWilliams/2001/07/18/tethered_citizens

Historical view: Dave Bieto - From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State

http://www.amazon.com/Mutual-Aid-Welfare-State-Fraternal/dp/0807848417/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267028180&sr=1-7

“The advent of the welfare state did not create aid networks out of nowhere. In fact, the welfare state only replaced voluntary, solidarity-based networks of social aid with a less efficient and more uniform bureaucratic structure. David Beito’s timely From Mutual Aid to The Welfare State tells the oft-ignored tale of mankind’s gravitation toward government-run welfare, and demonstrates that politics is not the only (nor the best) way to meet social needs.”

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@Kenneth

as Hoppe points out… does not really appeal to interventionists ,even though it’s a wrecking ball of a theoretical argument since they, are empiricists. So I maybe it would be better if we speak in their ‘language’ first before …

Basically, you don’t want to scare them off to quickly. The Road to Serfdom comes to mind, however I think this is better:

Omnipotent Government: The Rise of Total State and Total War

[PinoyLiberal08]

Found another one. “Regulating the Poor” by Frances Fox Piven