William Graham Sumner: Critic of Progressive Liberalism
In America today, as throughout the West, most people fundamentally accept the “welfare state.” Republican Presidents live happily with
Journal of Libertarian Studies
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Comment on Smith
A paper reviewing George Smith’s article “Justice Entrepreneurship in A Free Market” by Steven Strasnick.
Pareto Optimality, External Benefits and Public Goods: A Subjectivist Approach
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
In Favorem Liberatis: The Life and Work of Granville Sharp
Libertarians, if they care to examine the subject, will discover that they have a rich historical tradition in the English and American antislavery
Hayek and Institutional Evolution
Casual observation of the last thirty years or so indicates that the role government plays in the lives of individuals has been increasing.
Introduction: An Economic Critique of Socialism
Collected together in this special issue of the Journal of Libertarian Studies is an apparently quite disparate group of articles on centr
The Dynamics and Dialectics of Capitalism
Free societies (whatever the fine points in defining “free”) are not necessarily self-perpetuating.
The Nearly Invisible Invisible Hand
Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” sometimes works in such marvelously subtle ways that it remains nearly invisible even to economists
Country Ideology, Republicanism, and Libertarianism: The thought of John Taylor of Caroline
Joseph R. Stromberg recounts the life of John Taylor as well as his political contributions.
Volume 6, Number 1 (1982)
American Isolationism, 1939-1941
The isolationist tradition in America, as it was manifested from 1939 to 1941, was based on two fundamental doctrines: avoidance of war in Europe and unimpaired freedom of action.
