Hugo Grotius and the Dutch Golden Age
Proto-Austrian and philosopher Hugo Grotius was essential to the portion of the Netherlands’ history in which it enjoyed the status of Europe’s foremost economic and maritime power.
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Limited Self-Ownership: The Failure of Argumentation Ethics
Jonathan Ashbach argues that Hoppe’s argumentation ethics fail due to two key flaws: a faulty methodology, and an arbitrary and simplistic conception of property rights.
Property Rights and Gun Control: A Reply to Block and Block
Fegley and Dominiak respond to Block and Block’s attempt to provide a universal libertarian theory of weapon control, and argue that it is divorced from property rights.
How and Why Fascism and Nazism Became the “Right”
Allen Gindler shows the origin and historical background of the artificial shift of fascism and National Socialism to the right side of the political spectrum.
A Critique of Equality Legislation in Liberal Market Democracies
Is egalitarian intervention to address inequality destructive of liberty? Njoya argues that equality legislation is neither harmless nor costless, and undermines fundamental tenets of the rule of law.
Libertarianism, Property Rights, and the COVID-19 Pandemic Policies
Norbert Slenzok provides a libertarian case against anti-pandemic restrictions imposed by governments, with particular attention to libertarians who appear to support lockdowns.
European Unification as the New Frontier of Collectivism
Present-day prophets of a united Europe share with past conquerors like Napoleon and Hitler a strong preference for a society directed, more or less violently, by a small political elite. All in the name of "eternal peace."
Spencer and Hayek’s Liberal Evolutionism, and Why It Should Omit the Nation-State
Evolutionary social theory can form part of a liberal theory of politics, but Hayek and Spencer's evolutionary arguments to explain the emergence of freedom in mass societies are deficient.
Libertarianism: A Fifty-Year Personal Retrospective
Mark Thornton provides a historical perspective on the growth of libertarianism, showing the limitations of the political path to liberty and the importance of the radical form of libertarianism.
Stealing from Thieves
If property held by the government is "stolen property," is it acceptable for random citizens to “liberate” this property for their own use?
