The Rise and Fall of Society

The Rise and Fall of Society  (1959)  by Frank Chodorov

Published 1959; copyright not renewed.

The Rise and

Fall of Society

An Essay on the Economic Forces
That Underlie Social Institutions

FRANK CHODOROV

THE DEVIN-ADAIR COMPANY

NEW YORK, 1959

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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