Many critics of the free market criticize it for consisting of greedy, envious, dog-eat-dog

mentalities and short-sighted decision-makers. The problem with all of these criticisms is that

they apply many times over to the government, since one cannot opt out of funding them,

and the government does not face competition. Said another way, while voluntarily funded

competing organizations may have

shortcomings, they are preferable to the coercibly funded monopolies of the state.

Welcome back to the corporate report, everyone. I'm James Corbett of CorporateReport.com. It is August of

2022, and it's been at least, what, four or five days now since I just recommended a couple of

dozen books for you, and I'm sure you've all read through them by now. So how about another one?

Yes, today I am here with another book recommendation. This one is called the Voluntarius

Handbook. It is a collection of essays, excerpts, and quotes. And it has been compiled,

edited together by Good Friend of the Corporate Report, previous guest. You should know him well.

Keith Knight of Keith Knight, don't tread on anyone of the Libertarian Institute. He has an

Odyssey page. I'm sure you've seen his work before. If not,

the link will be in the show notes so that you can see it, along with the link to this brand new book,

hot off the press. Keith Knight, thanks for talking to us today. Always appreciate your time, James.

Thanks for having me. Well, I appreciate your time. I appreciate the amount of time and effort

that goes into creating and editing a compilation like this of essays, excerpts, and quotes.

There is quite an interesting mixture of things in here.

But before we dive into the contents of this book, first of all, I should note that this book is available, obviously, as a physical paperback like I have.

It is also available as a free PDF on odyssey.com right now,

but I trust that the corporate report audience wants to support people who do put in the time,

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