''Power and Market: Government and the Economy'' is a 1970 book by the economist

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, in which the author analyzes the negative effects of the various kinds of

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intervention, and argues that the

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is neither necessary nor useful. It was originally part of his 1962 book ''

Man, Economy, and State ''Man, Economy, and State: A treatise on economic principles'' is a 1962 book of Austrian School economics by Murray Rothbard Murray Newton Rothbard (; March 2, 1926 – January 7, 1995) was an American economist of the Austrian Schoo ...

'' but was censored by the publisher, who felt it was too radical for publication and later published under the above title. It was reunited with the 4th edition of ''Man, Economy, and State'' in 2004 in the volume sub-titled "The Scholar's Edition" from the

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Publishing history

English

* ''Power & Market: Government and the Economy''. Fourth edition. Auburn, Alabama:

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. 2006. . * ''Man, Economy & State with Power and Market (The Scholar's Edition)''.

. 2004. . * ''Power and Market: Government and the Economy''. New York University Press. 1981 Hardcover. 304 pages. * ''Power & Market: Government and the Economy''. Kansas City, Missouri:

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. 1977. (paperback). (cloth). * ''Power & Market: Government and the Economy''. Menlo Park, California:

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. 1970. (hardcover)

Russian

* ''Power and Market: Government and the Economy''. 2002. Hardcover. 402 pages. .

Portuguese

* ''Governo e Mercado: A economia da intervenção estatal''. 2012. .

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