Libertarian Theory

Spike Lee’s Twitter Message About George Zimmerman and Causation under Libertarian Theory

by Stephan Kinsella March 31, 2012

As Bob Wenzel notes here: I hate to say this about a fellow Knicks fan and author of one of my favorite books, Best Seat in the House: A Basketball Memoir, but Spike Lee did something really stupid. He tweeted what he thought was the address of George Zimmerman, the shooter of Trayvon Martin. That’s [...]

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It’s Rothbard contra the conservatives this summer in Denver

by Ryan McMaken March 27, 2012

If you happen to be a University of Colorado student, or if you’d like to shell out lots of bucks as a non-degree student, join me this summer at the Denver campus for an upper-division, 3-credit-hour undergraduate seminar on the Conservative-Libertarian debate on the American right. We’ll consider the usual texts, but also the history [...]

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TLS Podcast Picks: Tibor Machan and Jeff Tucker

by Stephan Kinsella March 21, 2012

Recommended podcasts: Profiles in Liberty: Tibor Machan, by Stephen Hicks. Great profile of an important libertarian thinker and good friend of mine.  “Tibor Machan is professor of philosophy at Chapman University in California. He was born in Communist Hungary, smuggled out as a teenager, and came to the United States, where he earned his Ph.D. [...]

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Daily Bell Interview: Stephan Kinsella on the Logic of Libertarianism and Why Intellectual Property Doesn’t Exist

by Stephan Kinsella March 18, 2012

From The Daily Bell:   Stephan Kinsella on the Logic of Libertarianism and Why Intellectual Property Doesn’t Exist Sunday, March 18, 2012 – with Anthony Wile The Daily Bell is pleased to present this exclusive interview with Stephen Kinsella (left). Introduction: Stephan Kinsella is a libertarian scholar and attorney in Houston. The Executive Editor of Libertarian [...]

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Jeff Tucker on Reddit’s “Ask Me Anything”

by Stephan Kinsella March 12, 2012

Jeff Tucker was invited to submit a video reply to the most popular questions submitted to him via a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” thread. See feedback on Part I; the two video parts are below. Fascinating interview from one of my favorite modern libertarians and a good friend. In the interview he argues that “Stefan [...]

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Goodbye, Mises Blog

by Stephan Kinsella March 11, 2012

Over on the Mises Blog, my friend Peter Klein has posted its last post … ever. It’s being shut down. As Peter notes, “it went live on May 5, 2003. Since then, it has hosted 16,647 posts and 234,839 comments and become one of the highest-ranked economics blogs on the internet …” I authored 826 [...]

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Are You Really A Libertarian?

by Stephan Kinsella February 25, 2012

Over at the Hillsdale Natural Law Review, Tyler O’Neil has a post, “Are You Really A Libertarian?”, examining the views of one Matthew Spalding, author of the book We Still Hold These Truths, who apparently “says most libertarians aren’t Libertarians.” It’s a very confusing post, or, at least, a post about the views of a confused [...]

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