The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible (Hardcover) – Ken Schoolland

Ken Schoolland is an Associate Professor of Economics and Political Science at Hawaii Pacific University and the President of the International Society for Individual Liberty (ISIL). His book, *The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible: A Free Market Odyssey*, illustrates the fundamental principles of market economics in an exceptionally accessible manner. It has been translated and published in over 55 countries, receiving numerous international awards. *The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible* is now featured in radio broadcasts, school discussions and debates, essay contests, film and theater productions, magazine and online series, and animated cartoons worldwide.

"People have the will to fight for and defend their freedom, i.e., the American and French revolutions sought freedom from monarchs. Governments around the world have abused their power to tax and print money, enabling a multitude of unnecessary and avoidable wars of extraordinary tyranny, aggression, and waste.

War is the health of the state. Governments manipulate popular fears to increase the powers of the state through the confiscation of wealth and the expansion of control. In the aftermath of every war, the size and power of the state becomes substantially greater than at prewar levels as new threats are conjured and targeted.

“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.”—H.L. Mencken

“When goods don’t cross borders, Soldiers will.”—Frederic Bastiat

Just as government should not interfere in the domestic affairs of individuals, no government, including the U.S. government, should interfere in the affairs of other nations except in self-defense. The more nations trade with each other, the less likely they are to resort to international conflict because of the mutual economic risks.."

Ken Schoolland

Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
Year of publication: 2011
ISBN: 9788392269731