Aleksa's Book Review: State in the 3rd Millenium
Government is a product, and should be treated as such. That's the skinny of the entire book, and Prince Hans-Adam doesn't beat around the bush. The first half of the book refers to the many-strange history of governments - listing the do's and do not's which can be extracted from the days of government past. Around the midway point, the book goes into the Liechtenstein model and what makes it work - my personal favourite part of the book.
The Prince goes into subjects such as mineral and water rights, to which extent the exercise of property is permissible, and social goods such as defence etc. I'm not exactly blown away by the insights in the book - cogent and sober as they are, they're at Jordan Peterson levels of common sense. Somewhat disappointing is the fact that little to no attention is given to the aspect of how to change governments from their current status, merely prescribing what they ought to be like.
If I had read this book a year or two ago, I would have given it a 10. As much as I respect and admire the princely family of Liechtenstein, this book does come short on a few points. I understand it's written by a businessman for businessmen (hence the humble length of 60,000 words) but I feel this book deserves to say more. By no means a bad book, but definitely due for another version in a more thorough re-imagining.
6/10
