Was 2015 The Year Libertarianism Died?
The fall of Rand Paul and the rise of Donald Trump means the Libertarian Moment is dead. Also, I've a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.
The fall of Rand Paul and the rise of Donald Trump means the Libertarian Moment is dead. Also, I've a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.
Spiked's Brendan O'Neill on free expression, environmentalism as "an apology for poverty" and why he is "a Marxist libertarian."
Controversial singer refuses to answer questions about lyrics and lawsuits, walks off set, shows power of new media.
Being against business as usual in DC doesn't mean being pro-liberty.
Nobel-winning economist, one of the most influential thinkers of his generation, dies aged 95.
A historian tries to blame "Christian libertarians" for the idea that America is a Christian nation.
The Today Show tests the limits of tolerance and pluralism. And movie tie-ins.
Liberal pundit alarmed by competing versions of legal conservatism.
A new book examines the life and ideas of the proto-libertarian philosopher.
"Libertarians Are Among Us!" sez French leftist paper Liberation. "Ultra individualist movement remains politically marginal but now swarming in pop culture."
The libertarian economist predicted Europe's current problems 17 years ago.
On foreign policy and drug policy, he staked out distinct and forward-looking policies.
Ed Stringham, Jason Brennan, and Bruce Benson on private governance
Commonweal's Alan Wolfe calls libertarianism "a total ideology, one that addresses every aspect of how people live."
Trump says there are "a lot of good things, a lot of good points" in libertarianism but doesn't want to talk specifics
Are you wo(man) enough to take the quiz "What does it mean to be an Amazon?"
Mostly that reflexive distrust of it shows you need a smug handholding "explainer."
Libertarians are changing the face of legal conservatism.
Which is a shame for those who can't tolerate any space not managed by compulsion
Libertarians have long warned that democracy might not be all it's cracked up to be.
The death of "the libertarian moment" is greatly exaggerated.
Q&A with Nathaniel Popper on his new book, Digital Gold.
A year ago, Rand Paul was ascendant. Now, not so much. Is libertarianism dying on the GOP vine?
You probably can't make a libertarian paradise in a Croatian marsh. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't try.
Rand Paul gets attacked for being pro-liberty and anti-abortion. But there's nothing inconsistent about his view.
They're jealous, he says, they side with rulers, and they don't understand how markets work.
"Gross Domestic Product" measures that include warmaking are not a good measure of citizen well-being.
A reply to National Review's Ed Whelan.
The fight over SCOTUS heats up.
The corruption on display is bigger than Frank, Cesere, Velcoro, or any single individual and is thus uncontainable.
Rothbard's For a New Liberty is an eloquent statement on how libertarians should grapple with political reality.
Imagining an effective strategy aimed at social transformation is an intrinsically complex matter, and no single method will succeed.
The Texas Supreme Court strikes down a senseless regulation.
With little government-sponsored discrimination permitted in the United States any longer, what's left that both groups agree upon?
A world "designed to work perfectly" was no part of major libertarian thinkers' intention.
If Magna Carta was a key moment in the West's advancement toward classical liberalism, the trajectory was neither straight nor smooth.
The New Republic thinks Paul's supporters are mostly male because libertarians are too fond of tricorn hats and robber barons.
True Detective star calls Edward Snowden "a hero," the drug war "fucking ridiculous," and denounces gun free school zones.
The only way for the state to truly respect our liberty would be to dismantle itself.
Then-Rep. Paul speaks at the magazine's 15th anniversary celebration.
It's important not to conflate philosophy and strategy.