I The Energy Circuit in the Classical World II The Power of Ideas III Rome Discovers Political Structure IV Rome as an Exhibit of the Nature of Government V The Society of Status and the Society of Contract VI Liberty, Christianity, and the New World VII The Noble Savage VIII The Fallacy of Anarchism IX The Function of Government X The Economics of the Free Society XI The Meaning of Magna Carta XII The Structure of the United States XIII Slavery, the Fault in the Structure XIV The Virgin and the Dynamo XV The Fatal Amendments XVI The Corporations and Status Law XVII The Fiction of Public Ownership XVIII W h y Real Money Is Indispensable XIX Credit and Depressions XX The Humanitarian with the Guillotine XXI Our Japanized Educational System XXII The Energy Circuit in Wartime XXIII The Dynamic Economy of the Future
Isabel Paterson (1886-1961) was a journalist, critic, and author of nine books. She is considered to be one of the founders of American libertarianism.
-[T]his is a brilliant and extraordinary book. . . . It is
brilliant in the perceptiveness, the incisiveness, the power, the
scope of its analysis that presents--in carefully chosen,
dramatically illuminating essentials the history of man's long
quest for freedom, from ancient Greece to World War II. It offers
an unforgettable experience: a panorama of the centuries, as seen
from the elevation of a truly grand intellectual scale.- Ayn Rand,
The Objectivist Newsletter -The God of the Machine remains a
classic of individualist thought. But it is not a pale historical
artifact, locked in its time of origin. It is focused on the great
continuing issues of civilization, which it confronts with the
authority of Paterson's special character and experience. . . .
[Paterson] was not merely a theorist; she had the creative
imagination that brings theory to life and challenges the
imaginations of others. There was nobody quite like Isabel
Paterson, and there is nothing quite like The God of the Machine.-
--Stephen Cox, Reason -Published by Putnam's in May 1943, The God
of the Machine displayed profound insights about the development of
human freedom since ancient times and about the workings of a
successful social order, all expressed in a lively style. . . .
Paterson develops a consistent, comprehensive, courageous world
view. She denounces conscription... paper money... hypocritical
businessmen who covet government subsidies... and the New Deal
Wagner Act which helped establish labor union monopolies.
Reflecting on the Prohibition debacle, Paterson ridicules the
notion that government can set moral standards for anyone. She
joyfully celebrates private property, free markets, enterprising
immigrants and gold money. What fun you're going to have
discovered, or rediscovering, this sensational book.- --Jim Powell
-In her classic The God of the Machine, Isabel Paterson asks a
devastating question: what gives you the steam-mill? Why have some
societies had enormous scientific and material development while
others stagnated? . . . Paterson's search for an answer,
articulated via a sustained metaphor of the 'engineering
principles' of political economy needed to sustain the 'flows' of
productive human energy, takes her from ancient Greece and Rome to
Medieval Europe to the American Founding. . . . Paterson's one-time
protEgE Ayn Rand said of The God of the Machine 'It is a sparkling
book, with little gems of polemical fire scattered through almost
every page, ranging from bright wit to the hard glitter of logic to
the quiet radiance of a profound understanding.' Paterson's wit,
logic, and understanding still cast light today, and The God of the
Machine remains a source of illumination for modern readers seeking
a better understanding of the preconditions for development and
freedom.- --Cato Institute, Libertarianism.org
"[T]his is a brilliant and extraordinary book. . . . It is
brilliant in the perceptiveness, the incisiveness, the power, the
scope of its analysis that presents--in carefully chosen,
dramatically illuminating essentials the history of man's long
quest for freedom, from ancient Greece to World War II. It offers
an unforgettable experience: a panorama of the centuries, as seen
from the elevation of a truly grand intellectual scale." Ayn Rand,
The Objectivist Newsletter "The God of the Machine remains a
classic of individualist thought. But it is not a pale historical
artifact, locked in its time of origin. It is focused on the great
continuing issues of civilization, which it confronts with the
authority of Paterson's special character and experience. . . .
[Paterson] was not merely a theorist; she had the creative
imagination that brings theory to life and challenges the
imaginations of others. There was nobody quite like Isabel
Paterson, and there is nothing quite like The God of the Machine."
--Stephen Cox, Reason "Published by Putnam's in May 1943, The God
of the Machine displayed profound insights about the development of
human freedom since ancient times and about the workings of a
successful social order, all expressed in a lively style. . . .
Paterson develops a consistent, comprehensive, courageous world
view. She denounces conscription... paper money... hypocritical
businessmen who covet government subsidies... and the New Deal
Wagner Act which helped establish labor union monopolies.
Reflecting on the Prohibition debacle, Paterson ridicules the
notion that government can set moral standards for anyone. She
joyfully celebrates private property, free markets, enterprising
immigrants and gold money. What fun you're going to have
discovered, or rediscovering, this sensational book." --Jim Powell
"In her classic The God of the Machine, Isabel Paterson asks a
devastating question: what gives you the steam-mill? Why have some
societies had enormous scientific and material development while
others stagnated? . . . Paterson's search for an answer,
articulated via a sustained metaphor of the 'engineering
principles' of political economy needed to sustain the 'flows' of
productive human energy, takes her from ancient Greece and Rome to
Medieval Europe to the American Founding. . . . Paterson's one-time
protEgE Ayn Rand said of The God of the Machine 'It is a sparkling
book, with little gems of polemical fire scattered through almost
every page, ranging from bright wit to the hard glitter of logic to
the quiet radiance of a profound understanding.' Paterson's wit,
logic, and understanding still cast light today, and The God of the
Machine remains a source of illumination for modern readers seeking
a better understanding of the preconditions for development and
freedom." --Cato Institute, Libertarianism.org
"[T]his is a brilliant and extraordinary book. . . . It is
brilliant in the perceptiveness, the incisiveness, the power, the
scope of its analysis that presents--in carefully chosen,
dramatically illuminating essentials the history of man's long
quest for freedom, from ancient Greece to World War II. It offers
an unforgettable experience: a panorama of the centuries, as seen
from the elevation of a truly grand intellectual scale." Ayn Rand,
The Objectivist Newsletter "The God of the Machine remains a
classic of individualist thought. But it is not a pale historical
artifact, locked in its time of origin. It is focused on the great
continuing issues of civilization, which it confronts with the
authority of Paterson's special character and experience. . . .
[Paterson] was not merely a theorist; she had the creative
imagination that brings theory to life and challenges the
imaginations of others. There was nobody quite like Isabel
Paterson, and there is nothing quite like The God of the Machine."
--Stephen Cox, Reason "Published by Putnam's in May 1943, The God
of the Machine displayed profound insights about the development of
human freedom since ancient times and about the workings of a
successful social order, all expressed in a lively style. . . .
Paterson develops a consistent, comprehensive, courageous world
view. She denounces conscription... paper money... hypocritical
businessmen who covet government subsidies... and the New Deal
Wagner Act which helped establish labor union monopolies.
Reflecting on the Prohibition debacle, Paterson ridicules the
notion that government can set moral standards for anyone. She
joyfully celebrates private property, free markets, enterprising
immigrants and gold money. What fun you're going to have
discovered, or rediscovering, this sensational book." --Jim Powell
"In her classic The God of the Machine, Isabel Paterson asks a
devastating question: what gives you the steam-mill? Why have some
societies had enormous scientific and material development while
others stagnated? . . . Paterson's search for an answer,
articulated via a sustained metaphor of the 'engineering
principles' of political economy needed to sustain the 'flows' of
productive human energy, takes her from ancient Greece and Rome to
Medieval Europe to the American Founding. . . . Paterson's one-time
protEgE Ayn Rand said of The God of the Machine 'It is a sparkling
book, with little gems of polemical fire scattered through almost
every page, ranging from bright wit to the hard glitter of logic to
the quiet radiance of a profound understanding.' Paterson's wit,
logic, and understanding still cast light today, and The God of the
Machine remains a source of illumination for modern readers seeking
a better understanding of the preconditions for development and
freedom." --Cato Institute, Libertarianism.org
"The God of the Machine remains a classic of individualist thought.
But it is not a pale historical artifact, locked in its time of
origin. It is focused on the great continuing issues of
civilization, which it confronts with the authority of Paterson's
special character and experience. . . . [Paterson] was not merely a
theorist; she had the creative imagination that brings theory to
life and challenges the imaginations of others. There was nobody
quite like Isabel Paterson, and there is nothing quite like The God
of the Machine." --Stephen Cox, Reason "Published by Putnam's in
May 1943, The God of the Machine displayed profound insights about
the development of human freedom since ancient times and about the
workings of a successful social order, all expressed in a lively
style. . . . Paterson develops a consistent, comprehensive,
courageous world view. She denounces conscription... paper money...
hypocritical businessmen who covet government subsidies... and the
New Deal Wagner Act which helped establish labor union monopolies.
Reflecting on the Prohibition debacle, Paterson ridicules the
notion that government can set moral standards for anyone. She
joyfully celebrates private property, free markets, enterprising
immigrants and gold money. What fun you're going to have
discovered, or rediscovering, this sensational book." --Jim Powell
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