Power & Market

The Journal of Libertarian Studies is happy to announce that issue 29.2 (2025) has been published!

Last week, I joined Fr. Robert McTeigue on the Catholic Current podcast to discuss birth rates and how government policy affects families and families formation.

While the political climate demands allegiance to one side or another, a more reasoned view can be found through libertarian principles, supported by the words of Murray Rothbard.

If there is one thing that shows that Americans live in a nanny state it is the maze of alcohol laws, rules, and regulations that exist in every state.

Needless to say, Don Lemon does not understand the First Amendment, let alone Rothbard’s property rights argument regarding speech.

If card-issuers are blocked from charging interest rates higher than 10 percent for consumers with a poor credit history, these consumers will find out that they have fewer borrowing options.

For the past month, Americans have been wondering whether President Trump will attack Iran, or whether the massive military build-up in the Middle East is just another bluff.

The market regulates accidents very effectively. If the state does not coercively interfere, competition between companies forces them to improve services to the maximum.

It is clear that the government has lost all spending discipline and it would be foolish to believe that it will suddenly regain that discipline absent an external control, namely, gold.

Leading up to his selection, Warsh had expertly crafted a message for his chosen audience of one—Donald Trump.