Younkins has succeeded in assembling an internally consistent set of propositions which support the ideal of a free society and has shown through careful scholarship how each of these propositions can be derived from one possible interpretation of Aristotle, Ayn Rand or Austrian economics....Younkins’ book is engaging and I will continue to engage with it as I explore the paradox of finding economic and political conclusions.

Economic Affairs

Edward W. Younkins’s book, Flourishing and Happiness in a Free Society, does an excellent job at integrating key insights from various philosophic and economic traditions to formulate a consistent moral framework for society. The book is best suited for those familiar with philosophy and inclined to support a minimal state . . . [H]e does a great job of educating readers who have the intellectual power to tackle difficult topics but lack prior exposure to the details of the material he discusses.

Reason Papers

Younkins is perhaps the best intellectual integrator in our entire Austro-libertarian movement. ….[He] explain[s] in enthusiastic and loving detail how the thoughts of our intellectual parents 'link together,' and in doing so has led us into a better understanding of them than we had before.

Walter E. Block

…An ambitious and largely successful conceptual and moral case for the free society. Closely aligned with the textual sources, his argument closes with a free-ranging discussion of the essential actions necessary to build a free society of human flourishing.

Samuel Bostaph, Ph.D., professor and chairman, Department of Economics, University of Dallas

…An extraordinary edifice of liberty and reason…. A real contribution to human flourishing.

Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., founder and chairman, The Ludwig von Mises Institute

A masterful feat of integration…. Informative, enlightening, and easy to read.

Jerry Kirkpatrick, Ph.D., professor of international business and marketing, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona