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24 alternatives to Anarchy, State, and Utopia

A foundational text in libertarian thought

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Anarchy, State, and Utopia launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Utopia Is Creepy: And Other Provocations▲63

   Critical thoughts on the internet and its effects on society

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work▲64

   A bold new manifesto for life after capitalism.

   2016 · versobooks.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Atlas Shrugged▲73

   Story about capitalism, free markets, ethics and morality

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Netocracy▲56

   The new power elite and life after capitalism

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Revisionist History by Malcolm Gladwell▲61

   The strange phenomenon of being the “token”

   2016 · pushkin.fm · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Truth, Errors, and Lies: Politics and Economics in a Volatil▲56

   Politics and Economics of the Future

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Zero-Sum Society▲61

   Distribution and the possibilities for economic change

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Utopia Experiment by Dylan Evans▲73

   Guy tries to create utopia, fails miserably.

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future▲67

   Information technology will transform capitalism

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Sovereign Individual▲77

    Mastering the Transition to the Information Age

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism▲56

    How machines effect humans in our hyperconnected world

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Kobold's Guide to Worldbuilding▲56

    Essays on the creation of worlds, from geology to politics

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Human Condition▲71

    A classic work of social theory & the nature of human agency

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    On Tyranny▲5

    Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Age of Optimists▲60

    Quantitative Glimpse of Tech's Political Endgame

    2016 · medium.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Saving Capitalism▲57

    For the many, not the few

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Balance of Power▲59

    International politics as the ultimate global game

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Accidental Superpower▲67

    A contrarian assessment of American power

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Predictably Irrational▲96

    The hidden forces that shape our decisions

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Diamond Age▲81

    Confucian Law, Neo-Victorian values and nano-technology

    2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Rational Ritual▲56

    Culture, coordination, and common knowledge

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Deep Simplicity▲62

    Chaos, complexity and the emergence of life

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Technopoly▲61

    The surrender of culture to technology

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Freakonomics▲97

    A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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