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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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Does China do capitalism better than America?

by Tim Swanson March 14, 2012

First off let me be clear: I like the common Chinese person a great deal.  I empathize with their struggles, I lived in mostly rural areas for three years and hold no ill will towards them.  I hope the country develops and flourishes.  I wish them, as the polymath philosopher Borat says “great success!”  I [...]

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A Pirate Gets Licensed

by Douglas French March 13, 2012

Obtaining an unlimited gaming license in Nevada isn’t easy.  The Gaming Control Board does months and months of investigation into an applicant’s past.  No stone goes unturned.  Youthful mistakes can keep a potential owner from opening for business.  Instead of customers deciding who has the requisite morals to plug in the slot machines and roll [...]

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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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Confused Reason writer Cathy Young Anti-SOPA but still pro-copyright

by Stephan Kinsella January 26, 2012

I noted previously that Reason author Cathy Young had written in favor of a fifty-year copyright term. Now, in a recent Reason article,”The Trouble with the Copyright Debate” (subtitle: Does every illegal download represent a lost sale?), she joins the anti-SOPA bandwagon, but is still pro-copyright: A few days ago, I committed an illegal act. [...]

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Bastiat Weeps For The Billionth Time

by Manuel Lora January 25, 2012

@pablodPablo Defendini LOL self-pub is the new piracy! “@DigiBookWorld: Heard at #dbw12: Self publishing costs publishers $100 million in opportunity” 1 minute ago via Twitter for Mac Favorite Retweet Reply Mentioned in this Tweet DigiBookWorld Digital Book World · Follow Digital Book World focuses on publishing strategies, not tools; solutions, not theories; practicality, not punditry. Tweets by@mrmullin Retweeted by GAPlauche and others

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