Libertarianism

Jeff explains how we need more than intellectual appeal to advance the cause of liberty—we need an appeal to beauty.

Recorded at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona on October 7th, 2022.

Instead of worrying about which documents Donald Trump may or may not have had in his Florida home, the real issue is the proliferation of state secrets that should not be secrets at all.

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While the antimarket and antilibertarian forces are strong, it is easy to forget that free market advocates also have a powerful set of tools.

Patents lack a basis in natural rights; to the contrary, they may be a patent absurdity.

Names like Menger, Böhm-Bawerk, Wieser, Hayek, and Rothbard are well-known to adherents of the Austrian school of economics. Emil Kauder isn't one of those names, but Murray Rothbard brings his contributions to Austrian thinking to light.

Egalitarian liberals think that basic liberties can be violated in the quest for equality and even that "the natural duty to promote justice straightforwardly implies a duty to establish states."

Critics claim the market economy engages in "planned obsolescence" that encourages throwing good products into landfills. In fact, activities that might seem wasteful are the best use of resources.