Why Libertarians (And Everyone Else) Should Not Support the US War in Iran

Now that the Trump administration has escalated the threats made to Iran, the usual justifications for war are already circulating, including those that tell us that US intervention in foreign countries is about spreading democracy. We are told that bombing other countries could prevent evil regimes from killing their own people. We are told that we are doing a good thing. All of this is, of course, a lie.

A Rothbardian Reconstruction of Libertarian Political Theory

[This article is one of the winners of the annual Kenneth Garschina Undergraduate Student Essay Contest. In March 2026, in celebration of Murray Rothbard’s 100th birthday, students submitted essays on his iconic Austro-libertarian text, For a New Liberty: A Libertarian Manifesto. The top three contestants presented their essays at the Austrian Economics Research Conference.]

Rothbardian Property Rights in a Dangerous Digital World

[This article is one of the winners of the annual Kenneth Garschina Undergraduate Student Essay Contest. In March 2026, in celebration of Murray Rothbard’s 100th birthday, students submitted essays on his iconic Austro-libertarian text, For a New Liberty: A Libertarian Manifesto. The top three contestants presented their essays at the Austrian Economics Research Conference.]