[108340] in Cypherpunks
[Fwd: LFB Book News: THE END OF MONEY]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Soren)
Fri Feb 12 19:16:45 1999
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 19:54:58 -0400
From: Soren <sorens@workmail.com>
To: cyphers <cypherpunks@cyberpass.net>
Reply-To: Soren <sorens@workmail.com>
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
--------------E618468194EDB42D8EF6E017
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
--------------E618468194EDB42D8EF6E017
Content-Type: message/rfc822
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline
Return-Path: <russell@laissezfaire.org>
Received: from smv13.iname.net (lmtp07.iname.net [165.251.8.71])
by online.offshore.com.ai (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA23254
for <sorens@offshore.com.ai>; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 19:36:16 -0400
Received: from proxy4.ba.best.com (root@proxy4.ba.best.com [206.184.139.15])
by smv13.iname.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1SMV) with ESMTP id SAA23183
for <sorens@homemail.com>; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 18:28:29 -0500 (EST)
Received: from hanneken (dynamic9.pm12.sf3d.best.com [209.24.239.201])
by proxy4.ba.best.com (8.9.3/8.9.2/best.out) with SMTP id PAA12155;
Fri, 12 Feb 1999 15:00:19 -0800 (PST)
Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19990212144726.007a97f0@shell13.ba.best.com>
X-Sender: hanneken@shell13.ba.best.com (Unverified)
X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32)
X-Priority: 5 (Lowest)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 14:47:26 -0800
To: booknews@laissezfaire.org
From: Russell Hanneken <russell@laissezfaire.org>
Subject: LFB Book News: THE END OF MONEY
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
=================================================================
Laissez Faire Books - Book News - February 12, 1999
Please forward this message to anyone who might be interested.
=================================================================
Save 30%!
How to stop the government from prying into your personal
business
THE END OF MONEY
and the Struggle for Financial Privacy
by Richard W. Rahn
(Discovery Institute Press, 1999)
IV7956 (hardcover) 223p.
Publisher's price: $25.00
OUR PRICE ONLY $17.50
(reviewed by Jim Powell)
Economist Rahn reports there are over 3,000 federal criminal
offenses in the US, plus millions of regulations. The Internal
Revenue Code runs over 9,000 pages. This explosion of laws and
regulations has brought government snooping on a gigantic scale.
Rahn shows how often government snoops get bank checking-account
records, monitor overseas phone calls and otherwise invade
privacy. He covers government seizure of the assets of peaceful
people. He makes clear that government gains power to invade
privacy in the name of supposedly high-minded objectives like
stopping criminals and drug dealers, but the power to invade
privacy is always abused.
Fortunately, Rahn explains that "new technology has made it
impossible, at least in any cost-effective manner, to enforce
such laws and restrictions and at the same time preserve civil
liberties." He goes on to say that "The only form of
communication remaining that an individual, with a high degree of
certainty, can know is not being monitored is highly encrypted
digital data. Other than a gun, this is one of the last
individual defenses against corrupt or totalitarian institutions
and individuals."
Rahn discusses the impact of the Internet (beyond the control of
any government), the semiconductor chip (doubling in power about
every 18 months), public key encryption (highly secure and
becoming ever more difficult to breach), global futures markets
(which enable anybody to learn the price of freely-traded
currencies and commodities), asset securitization (enabling many
assets to provide backing for private money), smart cards
(storing money outside electronic communications systems) and the
declining cost of communications systems (which makes it cheaper
to use private money). He talks about the spread of optical
communications and low orbit satellites which enable anybody
using a pocket communicator to access the Internet--even when
there aren't any wires around.
"Private money is on its way," Rahn declares, "and no government
is going to be able to stop its arrival or its flow. Concealing
one's financial transactions will be easy for those who wish to
do so, and government efforts to make private money illegal or
taxable will ultimately fail."
A provocative book with great news.
"Richard Rahn is that rare, rare bird, an economist who can
explain arcane matters in easy-to-understand language. Get the
latest dope, in plain language, on the world banking and currency
crisis, the techniques and importance of 'foreign' bank accounts,
and how modern technology may spell the ultimate demise to
intrusive and totalitarian governments."
--Henry G. Manne, founder of the Law and Economics Center
=================================================================
THE END OF MONEY
IV7956 (hardcover) 223p.
Publisher's price: $25.00
OUR PRICE ONLY $17.50
This book can be ordered through our web site at
http://laissezfaire.org/iv7956.html
=================================================================
How to order from Laissez Faire Books:
SALES TAX:
If we are shipping your order to California, you must pay sales
tax. To learn the applicable tax rate, contact us, or point your
web browser to <http://laissezfaire.org/2order.html#tax>.
SHIPPING & HANDLING:
For destinations in the US:
STANDARD SHIPPING (1-3 weeks):
Merchandise total Standard shipping price
$ 0.00 - $24.99 $3.50
$25.00 - $49.99 $4.50
$50.00 - $74.99 $5.50
$75.00 - $99.99 $6.50
$100 and over FREE!
PRIORITY MAIL SHIPPING (3-6 days): $4 for the first item plus
$1.25 for each additional item.
3-DAY SHIPPING (3 business days, no PO boxes): $9 for the first
item ($19 if destination is Alaska or Hawaii) plus $2.50 for
each additional item.
For destinations outside the US:
SURFACE MAIL (2-8 weeks): $4.50 for the rist item plus $1.50
for each additional item.
Contact us for other shipping options.
PAYMENT:
All orders must be prepaid. Checks or money orders should be
drawn on a US bank and made payable to Laissez Faire Books. If
paying by credit card, please include both the card number and
the expiration date. We accept Visa, Mastercard, and Discover.
If you have placed a credit card order before, we can process
your order using the information we have on file (provided it is
up to date). Please include your name and zip code (or postal
code) so we can find your record.
Members of the Laissez Faire Book Club can pay with funds drawn
from their account. For more information about the Book Club,
contact us, or point your web browser to
<http://laissezfaire.org/2order.html#bookclub>.
SUBMITTING YOUR ORDER:
BY EMAIL: Address email orders to <orders@laissezfaire.org>.
PGP-encrypted mail is accepted. For our public key, email
<russell@laissezfaire.org>, or point your web browser to
<http://laissezfaire.org/pubkey.html>.
BY MAIL: Write to Laissez Faire Books, Dept L50, 938 Howard St.,
Ste. 202, San Francisco, CA 94103-4114, USA.
BY PHONE: Call toll free 1-800-326-0996 (US and Canada) or dial
(415) 541-9780. Customer service representatives are available
between 9am and 6pm PACIFIC TIME.
BY FAX: Fax us at (415) 541-0597.
If you'd like to receive our free monthly booklist, please email
your postal address to <custsvc@laissezfaire.org>.
If you'd like to receive weekly Book News announcements via
email, or if you have any other questions or comments, please
contact Russell at <russell@laissezfaire.org>.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Russell Hanneken Laissez Faire Books
russell@laissezfaire.org http://laissezfaire.org/
--------------E618468194EDB42D8EF6E017--
