Reply to “Against Libertarian Legalism” by Frank van Dun
Frank van Dun, in his article “Against Libertarian Legalism,” criticizes prior articles by N. Stephan Kinsella and me.
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Legal Tender Laws and Fractional-Reserve Banking
This article will explore the economics of legal tender laws, arguing that they are not only a necessary prerequisite of paper money, but also bene
Quod Omnes Tangit: Consent Theory in the Radical Libertarian Tradition in the Middle Ages
In this article, medieval thinkers will be explored and how they dealt with these ideas, and developed them into the concept that “political legiti
Comments on Colin Williams’s Arguments Against Spooner
Colin Williams, “Contra Spooner,” argues that Lysander Spooner is wrong about the state’s being the “instrument of robbery, slavery, an
No Duty to Obey the State: Reply to Barnett
I appreciate professor Barnett’s comments on my review of his book, Restoring the Lost Constitution.
Carson’s Rejoinders
In this article, Kevin A. Carson responds to the numerous reviews of his book Studies in Mutualist Political Economy.
Wresting Land from the Sea: An Argument Against Public Goods Theory
According to many economists we need the state to provide public goods.
The Cultural Degradation of Universal Education: The Educational Views of Robert Lewis Dabney
This study introduces the ideas of Robert Lewis Dabney on universal education.
Raymond Aron and the Intellectuals: Arguments Supportive of Libertarianism
“Intellectuals . . . seek neither to understand the world nor to change it, but to denounce it,” so wrote Raymond Aron (1983, p.
