===== PAGE 1 ===== SS LO he idea that is at the very core of liberalism, Raico explained, is the iy — belief that society is self-organizing and self-regulating and needs no S >> ® master planner pulling the strings; its energy and order spring from its >> 7 (] aS S 1cal — decentralized operations, its openness to change, and its unfettered individualism. Even its institutions—civic associations, religious insti- uk S ¢ ¢ tutions, charitable and artistic foundations—owe their existence to rele 1 cra 1S | ! voluntary associations of individuals with rights. This is the great oN =» lesson learned by the experience of the Middle Ages through the ow) ® Enlightenment through modern times, the lesson denied by the 0p) (T] an d th € Austrian 0) enemies of liberty in all times and places. This is the core truth that Raico has never tired of explaining, one that was perhaps taken for T granted but which is all but forgotten in illiberal times. oO nN ( O O —Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. — < Ludwig von Mises Institute 518 West Magnolia Avenue Auburn, Alabama 36832 Mises.org ISBN 978-1-61016-003-2 90000 > EON, i wl ~o 9l'7816101160032 GEN, , 3 bh a g SKU SS552 i RAICO Foreword by Jorg Guido Hu Preface by David Gordon