Victor S. Yarros (1865–1956) was an American

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and

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. He immigrated to the United States with his friend Charles David Spivak in 1882. He was law partner to

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for eleven years in Chicago, husband to the feminist gynecologist Rachelle Yarros (née Slobodinsky) and resident of Hull-House Settlement. He was a prolific contributor to the

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periodical in the United States called ''

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''. Yarros' political views evolved significantly over the years, from

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. He shifted from Spencerian anarchism, to

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under

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and finally to a follower of

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. According to Roderick T. Long, by the 1930s, Yarros came to believe that the democratic state was useful in the struggle against economic privilege.Roderick T. Long (April 8, 2006)
"Rothbard's "Left and Right": Forty Years Later"

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. Retrieved March 25, 2019.

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* Roderick T. Long (March 16, 2006)
"How Victor Yarros Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the State"
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