Philosophy and Methodology

The final issue of the Journal of Libertarian Studies (1977–2011): online.

In our proper condemnation of scientism in the study of man, we should not make the mistake of dismissing science as well.

In this survey of anti-war movements, David Lorenzo examines the political challenges they repeatedly encounter.

Unexpectedly, John Maynard Keynes's critique of economist Jan Tinbergen's econometrics offers some sound insights.

Man is not evil merely because he wants to enjoy pleasure and avoid pain — other words, to live.

The committee to select the winners of the Nobel prize in economics almost always prefer interventionists to laissez-faire economists. The first year was no exception.

Free speech does not imply people are free to insult you in your living room. Similarly, all property rights are "limited" in many ways by the property rights of neighbors and other owners.

Are modern economists pseudoscientists like the astrologers of old?

The modern drive to centralize European government and make a European superstate threatens to destroy what made Europe great in the first place.

Truly cohesive communities can only exist on a relatively small scale. Most people outside these groups will then be seen as "outsiders." Our goal must be to minimize conflicts with these outsiders, and voluntary exchange is our best option.