Education: Free and Compulsory

<h2 class="page-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #38709e; font-family: crimson_text, Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 25px; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 16px; vertical-align: top;"> <br /></h2> <div class="group-image-wrapper field-group-html-element pull-left" id="slideshow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(73, 78, 84); color: #494e54; float: left !important; font-family: myriad-pro, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-right: 20px; width: 240px;"> <div class="image border-secondary" style="border-top-color: rgb(56, 112, 158); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 8px; box-sizing: border-box;"> <div class="flexslider optionset-node-slideshow flexslider-processed" id="flexslider-1" style="-webkit-box-shadow: none; background-color: transparent; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; border: 0px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; zoom: 1;"> <div class="flex-viewport" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-height: 2000px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; transition: all 1s ease;"> <ul class="slides" style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transform: translate3d(0px, 0px, 0px); transition-duration: 0s; width: 480px; zoom: 1;"> <li style="-webkit-backface-visibility: hidden; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; width: 240px;"><img alt="Education: Free and Compulsory" draggable="false" src="https://mises-media.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/slideshow/s3/static-page/img/Education_Rothbard_750x516.jpg?itok=s3Z_Fa0Y" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; vertical-align: middle; width: 240px;" title="Education: Free and Compulsory" typeof="foaf:Image" /></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="tags" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #51585c; font-family: myriad-pro, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span class="tag-label bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; padding-right: 5px; text-transform: uppercase;">&nbsp;TAGS</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://mises.org/topics/education" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #51585c; text-decoration: none;">Education</a></span></div> <section class="group-date-author" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(73, 78, 84); color: #494e54; font-family: myriad-pro, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span class="author" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://mises.org/profile/murray-n-rothbard" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #00426b; text-decoration: none;">Murray N. Rothbard</a></span></section><div class="body-content embedded-media" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(73, 78, 84); color: #494e54; font-family: myriad-pro, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <br /></div> <span class="file" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; margin-bottom: 16px; text-align: center;"></span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> What is it about today's school system that so many find unsatisfactory? Why have generations of reformers failed to improve the educational system, and, indeed, caused it to degenerate further and further into an ever declining level of mediocrity?</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> In this radical and scholarly monograph, Murray N. Rothbard identifies the crucial feature of our educational system that dooms it to fail: at every level, from financing to attendance, the system relies on compulsion instead of voluntary consent. In contrast, a market-based system of schools would adhere to a purely voluntary ethic, financed with private funds, and administered entirely by private enterprise.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box;"> This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. It is narrated by Graham Wright.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box;"> <br /></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box;"> <a href="http://mp3.anarchistphilosophies.com/educationfreeandcompulsory.mp3" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: #38709e; background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-color: rgb(56, 112, 158); border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" target="_blank" title="01_Preface_Education_Ryan.mp3" type="audio/mpeg; length=9684808">Download audio file</a></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box;"> <a class="" href="https://mises.org/library/education-free-and-compulsory-3" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #51585c; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">READ MORE</a></div> </div>