Journal of Libertarian Studies

Of all the lying truths popular today, one of the most important is surely the mendacity inherent in the term “mental illness.” In addi

In America today, as throughout the West, most people fundamentally accept the “welfare state.” Republican Presidents live happily with

A paper reviewing George Smith’s article “Justice Entrepreneurship in A Free Market” by Steven Strasnick.

It will be argued in this paper that the external-benefits and public-goods arguments are incorrect and are due to a failure to consider all or the

Libertarians, if they care to examine the subject, will discover that they have a rich historical tradition in the English and American antislavery

Casual observation of the last thirty years or so indicates that the role government plays in the lives of individuals has been increasing.

Collected together in this special issue of the Journal of Libertarian Studies is an apparently quite disparate group of articles on centr

Free societies (whatever the fine points in defining “free”) are not necessarily self-perpetuating.

Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” sometimes works in such marvelously subtle ways that it remains nearly invisible even to economists

Joseph R. Stromberg recounts the life of John Taylor as well as his political contributions.

Volume 6, Number 1 (1982)