It Didn't Start With Trump
It didn't start with libertarians either—or the 1990s.
The new libertarian president believes in free markets and the rule of law. When people have those things, prosperity happens.
Three lessons from the Austrian economist Murray Rothbard on how American libertarians might think about Milei's Argentina ascension.
Caitlin Long's Custodia Bank will hold 108 percent of customer funds on deposit...if the Federal Reserve will allow it to open.
Law professor Andrew Koppelman and Soho Forum Director Gene Epstein debate whether libertarianism has been corrupted.
Law professor Andrew Koppelman and Soho Forum director Gene Epstein debate whether libertarianism has been corrupted.
The authors of The Individualists talk Rand, Friedman, Hayek, Rothbard, and the "struggle for the soul" of the libertarian movement.
My contribution to the Balkinization symposium on Andrew Koppelman's new book, Burning Down the House.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
The Burning Down the House author says the shift from Hayek's classical liberalism to Rothbard's anarcho-capitalism is a moral and practical disaster.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
Burning Down the House argues that the shift from Hayek's classical liberalism to Rothbard's anarcho-capitalism has led the movement astray.
The intellectual watchdog keeps tabs on everyone from The 1619 Project's Nikole Hannah-Jones to Mises Institute's Hans-Hermann Hoppe in the name of serious scholarship.
Supporters say they want to "make the Libertarian Party libertarian again." Critics say they’re shitposting edgelords who will destroy the LP from within.
A lost volume of American history finds the light of day.
A new history of the American right sheds light on the GOP in 2016.
This kind of Transitive Property sloppiness is what happens when you try to pin Donald Trump on libertarians
Which occupant of the Oval Office flirted with anti-authoritarian ideas in his youth?
Rothbard's For a New Liberty is an eloquent statement on how libertarians should grapple with political reality.
Revisiting Rothbard's early works.
Readers who are eager to get on to Rothbard's discussion of the Nonaggression Principle may be tempted to skip the part on natural rights. Don't do it!
We vilify leisure yet embrace labor-saving devices.
The Peace and Freedom Party nominates a former sitcom star.
A new book of unpublished critiques by Murray Rothbard reveals a divide in the larger libertarian project.
Libertarian movement veterans, and a Paul campaign staffer, say it was "paleolibertarian" strategist Lew Rockwell
Libertarian History/Philosophy
A brief history of the modern libertarian movement
The movement has grown up; it's time to put aside bickering, and start working in the real world.
(You don't really have to shut up, but here's my money.)
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