Counter-Economics: From the Back Alleys to the Stars

Counter-Economics was intended to be the magnum opus of Samuel Edward Konkin III -- the creator, premier activist, and theoretician of Agorism. Planned as the distillation of all his work and research over 15 years of libertarian/anarchist activism, Konkin died in 2004 without finishing the book. This edition includes the first six chapters and outline for the other twelve. More

In Counter-Economics, Samuel Edward Konkin III -- the creator, premier activist, and theoretician of Agorism -- introduces the most powerful means to free yourself, protect and increase your wealth, and liberate the whole of human society in the process.



From the Introduction: "Are you reading a self-help book, a personal liberation manual, a financial advisory, an esoteric economics text, an anti-political platform, a muckraking history, a sensational exposé of underground life, or an anarchist cookbook? The answer is all of the above.



"That may sound confusing, but the main purpose of this writing is to extract unity from these topics usually unconnected in most minds today. I hope it will indeed amuse and excite the reader about another, accessible way of life, give new explanation to some of the vexing problems that beset our social life, and perhaps solve a few."



Samuel Edward Konkin III (1947-2004) was the author of the seminal works on libertarianism and agorism, New Libertarian Manifesto and An Agorist Primer. Over the course of thirty years, he wrote, edited, and published newsletters and magazines such as Laissez Faire, New Libertarian Notes, and 101 issues of the longest-running publication of its kind, New Libertarian Weekly.



Known to his friends as SEK3, Mr. Konkin graduated cum laude from the University of Alberta, serving as head of the Young Social Credit League there. He received his Masters in Theoretical Chemistry at New York University, but left NYU without submitting his doctoral dissertation in Quantum Mechanics to pursue his lifelong efforts to promote Counter-Economics and Agorism. He founded the New Libertarian Alliance, the Movement of the Libertarian Left, and served as Executive Director of the outreach organization The Agorist Institute.



Counter-Economics was intended to be his magnum opus, the distillation of all his work and research over 15 years of movement activism. Sadly, of the 18 chapters outlined, only ten were written. Of those, only six had been found at the time of publication.



Praise for Samuel Edward Konkin III



“Konkin’s writings are to be welcomed. Because we need a lot more polycentrism in the movement. Because he shakes up Partyarchs who tend to fall into unthinking complacency. And especially because he cares deeply about liberty and can read and write, qualities which seem to be going out of style in the libertarian movement.” -- Murray N. Rothbard, PhD