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How I Found
FREEDOM
in an
UNFREE
WORLD
A Handbook for Personal Liberty
HARRY BROWNE
25TH
ANNIVERSARY EDITION
WITH A NEW FOREWORD AND AFTERWORD
Freedom is living your life as you want to live it.
You can have that freedom now,
without waiting to change the world or the people
around you.
You've been taught from childhood that you must make
compromises, that you must accept the bad with the good,
that in marriage you must be prepared to give 60% and get
40%.
You've been told that you shouldn't be selfish, that you
should live by a moral code someone else thinks is best, that
you must put others first, that you can't live as you want
because other people won't allow it. You've heard hundreds of
clichés reminding you that life is meant to be gray and
burdensome.
This book explodes those notions—showing how life can be
enjoyed. You can make a living doing something you like.
Your love affair can be an excitement, not a burden. Your
friendships can bring joy, not obligations.
Life isn't a dog-eat-dog experience. You can have what you
want without hurting others. You can live as you think best
without having to convince others that it's okay to do so. You
can live the kind of life that
you
want to live—one that's
custom-made for you
by
you, not one produced on an
assembly line.
This book contains no mystical secrets or pep talks. With
simple, common sense, Harry Browne explains how
you
can
decide what life is best for you, how you can begin living that
life now, and how you can escape all the traps and boxes—
the fictitious obligations and liabilities—that have been
holding you back.
He shows how to minimize the government's intrusions in
your life, how to reduce the demands others make upon your
time and resources and how to deal with people who call you
"selfish" when you don't give them what they selfishly want.
Most of all, he shows that you don't have to convince others
to let you be free. The decisions are entirely yours. He
explains how to make plans and set goals that rely only on
your actions—that don't depend on others for their success.
Yes, you
can
be free. And you can start right now.
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How I Found
FREEDOM
in an
UNFREE
WORLD
A Handbook for Personal Liberty
Freedom is living your life the way you want to live it. This
book shows how you can have that freedom
now
—without
having to change the world or the people around you.
Harry Browne has found ways to live without being bound
by social restrictions, family problems, high taxes, or long
working hours—without having to give up love, money, or
personal relationships in order to be free to make his own
decisions. The brand of individualism he reveals in this book
isn't a theory or a dream; he has
lived
it.
He shows how
you
can have freedom, too. But he doesn't
ask you to change yourself to fit his mold. In fact, he says
that your way of life must take into consideration
your
emotional nature, your goals, your values, and your tastes—
or you aren't really free.
The book points out that most people aren't free for two
reasons:
First:
They're unaware of the many
alternatives
available
to them. They don't realize that there are:
— ways to avoid social restrictions without becoming a
hermit;
— ways to avoid the common problems of marriage
without giving up love;
— ways to be successful without becoming a slave to your
job;
— ways to avoid high taxes without going to jail.
Second:
They've accepted certain common
assumptions
that have no basis in fact, as:
"You have no right to think of yourself."
"The kind of freedom you want is immoral."
"You should help make this a better world."
"You have a duty to your country."
"Marriage requires compromise and sacrifice."
How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World
shows the
emptiness in these and other clichés, and follows through
with specific ways in which you can be free from whatever
may be preventing you from living your life as you want to
live it. It offers dozens of techniques to lead you from
wherever you are now to the life you really want.
As Harry Browne says in the final chapter, "Wherever you
go will be up to you. Whatever you do, it should be fun. Life is
an adventure, not a burden."
Harry Browne
has proven that you can succeed without
following the old formulas for success. A college dropout, he
was 34 years old before becoming interested in investments,
and then became one of America's best-known investment
advisors. He was 37 when his first book was published, and
then produced three best-sellers and six other top-selling
books. At 63 he was the Libertarian Presidential candidate.
This anniversary edition contains a new Foreword
and Afterword updating Harry Browne's ideas.
Books by Harry Browne
How You Can Profit from the Coming Devaluation
(1970)
How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World
(1973)
You Can Profit from a Monetary Crisis
(1974)
Harry Browne's Complete Guide to Swiss Banks
(1976)
New Profits from the Monetary Crisis
(1978)
Inflation Proofing Your Investments
(with Terry Coxon, 1981)
Investment Rule #1
(privately published, 1985)
Why the Best Laid Investment Plans Usually Go Wrong
(1987)
The Economic Time Bomb
(1989)
Why Government Doesn't Work
(1995)
How I Found
FREEDOM
in an
UNFREE
WORLD
A Handbook for Personal Liberty
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