Comment on Smith
A paper reviewing George Smith’s article “Justice Entrepreneurship in A Free Market” by Randy E. Barnett.
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Guns for Protection, and Other Private Sector Responses to the Government’s Failure to Control Crime
Several years ago, in an episode of “All in the Family ,” Archie Bunker proposed a possible solution to the airline highjacking problem
Concepts of the Role of Intellectuals In Social Change Toward Laissez Faire
Having adopted a profoundly radical creed at odds with the ruling dogmas of their day, what did Lao-tzu, La Boétie, Quesnay, Turgot, and James Mill offer as a strategy for social change in the direction of liberty?
Common Property in Anarcho-Capitalism
The existence of common property in anarcho-capitalism naturally points to the interesting policy question of how this common property would be con
Revisiting “Do We Ever Really Get Out of Anarchy?”
Three decades ago, I published “Do We Ever Really Get Out of Anarchy?” The answer I gave is that we do not, that government only substitutes one ki
How Not to Defend the Market: A Critique of Easton, Miron, Bovard, Friedman and Boudreaux
Did you ever hear the phrase, “With friends like that, who needs enemies?” This aphorism applies to several “defenses” of the free enterprise syste
Toward a Libertarian Theory of Blackmail
In this article, Professor Walter Block discusses the legalities of black mail as well as the Libertarian perspective.
Without Firing a Single Shot: Societal Defense and Voluntaryist Resistance
One might ask: why has there been so little consideration of nonviolent resistance among libertarians?
Immigrants: Intruders or Guests? A Reply to Hoppe and Kinsella
In a free society, goods, capital, and people would enjoy unrestricted freedom of movement based on voluntary relationships and the respect for pri
