Ideen zu einem Versuch, die Gränzen der Wirksamkeit des Staates zu bestimmen (Ideas on an Essay to Define the Limits to the Effectiveness of the State). The treatise supports a notion of the state one would nowadays call libertarian. Seen against the backdrop of his time, characterized by far-reaching governmental regulations, Humboldt's work must be considered a radical manifesto of deregulation.¹ Analyzing various fields of potential governmental activity, Humboldt pleaded in favor of a minimum of governmental intervention." /> Humboldt's argument against the welfare state - Hegselmann Rainer | sdvig press