A Lesson in Persuasion for the Libertarian Cause
How best to present libertarian thinking? Libertarians should not depend just on logic, but also upon presenting libertarian ideals in a practical and useful way.
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Is Bari Weiss at CBS a New Direction or a Misdirection?
Bari Weiss’s appointment to head CBS News has brought cries of anguish from the usual suspects on the left and approval from some on the right. But will she really bring the kind of change that will challenge the political establishment? Probably not.
Individualism and the Violence of the Identitarian Left
Leftists seek to create a new society that supposedly is peaceable. However, they also celebrate violence done against political opponents, something that Murray Rothbard understood as undermining every supposed peaceful goal they claim to be pursuing.
Individualism and the Violence of the Identitarian Left
Leftists seek to create a new society that supposedly is peaceable. However, they also celebrate violence done against political opponents, something that Murray Rothbard understood as undermining every supposed peaceful goal they claim to be pursuing.
Going Off the Rawls
In this week's Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon examines John Tomasi's thesis of Free Market Fairness that the collectivism espoused by John Rawls is compatible with classical liberalism. Not surprisingly, Dr. Gordon has another viewpoint.
Does Cartelization Threaten the Feasibility of Anarcho-Capitalism?
One of the objections against anarcho-capitalism is that without government supervision, businesses will form cartels. However, free markets have their own ways of undermining these arrangements.
Rothbard’s Lost Letters on Ayn Rand
New letters, from Murray Rothbard to Frank Meyer, have been discovered by researcher Daniel Flynn detailing some of Rothbard's earliest views on Ayn Rand, and what later went wrong.
What’s Worse: Pam Bondi, Jimmy Kimmel, or War with Russia?
On this episode of Power and Market, the roundtable promotes our Mises Institute fall campaign, bashes Attorney General Pam Bondi, has little sympathy for Jimmy Kimmel, and questions Trump's recent comments on Russia and Afghanistan.
Discrimination Is Libertarian
In a free society, the right to choose whom to associate with is fundamental, even when the choice is controversial.
Unlocking the Mind of a Liberal
Dr. Gordon dissects Kenneth R. Minogue’s The Liberal Mind. While Minogue has some interesting arguments, his view of rights conflicts with the views of Murray Rothbard.
