Dr. Vinay Prasad: You're Right Not To Trust Public Health
The outspoken critic of the CDC and FDA explains what went wrong—and what went right—with COVID policy.
The outspoken critic of the CDC and FDA explains what went wrong—and what went right—with COVID policy.
True abundance requires a minimal state and free markets.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
Freedom's Furies tells how three women offered their own unique defenses of individual liberty and how their disagreements anticipated the differences among libertarians and classical liberals today.
These days, he may run for president. His politics have changed.
This is what it looks like when a political party's branches start to go their own way.
The former Libertarian congressman was in the Capitol Wednesday drumming up a Hail Mary quest to become speaker of the House.
Stanford University psychologist Keith Humphreys misconstrues libertarianism and ignores its critique of prohibition's deadly impact.
A Post-Script to the Balkinization symposium on Andrew Koppelman's Burning Down the House.
The response is part of the Balkinization blog symposium on his book " Burning Down the House: How Libertarian Philosophy Was Corrupted by Delusion and Greed," in which I was among the participants.
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The journalist has taken a great deal of flack—from both sides.
My contribution to the Balkinization symposium on Andrew Koppelman's new book, Burning Down the House.
Despite Tyler Cowen's argument for the elite theory, the real divisions have much more to do with the New Right's nationalism.
Until next year's, because capitalism is always making things better.
He wants election reforms in Georgia, different priorities for the national Libertarian Party, and plans to challenge Justin Amash—but maybe not how you'd expect.
Participants include Jonathan Adler, Richard Epstein, Christina Mulligan, and myself, among others.
What if our interplanetary future involved train heists, legal sex work, and a lot of running from the feds?
The Arizona Senate candidate who said "libertarianism doesn't work" is expected to come up short.
Jared Polis cruised to reelection this Tuesday on a platform that included reducing the state's income tax and giving "more freedom" to Coloradans.
Join us Thursday at 1 p.m. E.T. for a livestream with the chair of the Libertarian National Committee to discuss the state of the party post-midterms.
"I have muzzled myself ever since 2009....Pretty soon you're going to be hearing about Crazy John, who's no longer muzzled."
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Republicans turned off by Walker at least have a third option, but for House races in Georgia, state law makes it extremely difficult for third-party candidates to get on the ballot.
Watch a recording of the livestream with Jonah Goldberg, Nick Gillespie, and Zach Weissmueller.
Fifth post in the symposium on the National Constitution Center "Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy" project. Walter Olson of Team Libertarian comments on similarities and differences between the three reports.
Third post in the symposium on the National Constitution Center "Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy" project. Walter Olson presents the Team Libertarian Report.
First post in the Volokh Conspiracy symposium on the NCC "Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy" project.
The symposium will include representatives of all three teams that drafted reports for the project: conservative, libertarian, and progressive.
A new study sheds interesting light on these questions.
The millennial news site called them hypocrites, but Greg Gutfeld and Kat Timpf have a long history of advocating drug legalization.
The larger, louder half of Penn & Teller on Donald Trump, COVID, masks, vaccines, mandates, and what comes next for freedom.
The larger, louder half of Penn & Teller talks masks, vaccines, compassion, Bob Dylan, and much, much more.
Dave Smith discusses the libertarian case for and against breaking up the United States.
I coauthored the report with Clark Neily and Walter Olson, both of the Cato Institute.
Raymond B. Craib's new book recounts how Michael Oliver repeatedly tried to create a new country with a government funded entirely by voluntary contributions.
The article is now up on SSRN. It explains how migration restrictions have massive negative effects on both "negative" and "positive" economic liberty of residents of destination countries.
The principle has implications that go far beyond abortion. Some of them deserve far more attention than they have gotten to this point.
The leading libertarian legal theorist talks about worrying trends at the Supreme Court as a conservative majority takes hold.
If life begins at conception, there are virtually no limits on government surveillance of women in a post-Roe world.
The L.P. just held its most-momentous convention in years. Here's what is next for the third-largest political party in the country.
Dominating the convention body by more than two-thirds, the Mises Caucus claims to offer an edgier, more libertarian organization. Foes accuse it of right-wing deviationism and racism.
The energy policy analyst says cheap and abundant gas, oil, and coal will continue to play a central role in human flourishing.
For libertarians who see unborn babies as innocent rights-bearing individuals, reducing the number of lives ended by abortion brings us closer to our credo.
A major new British study reinforces the conclusions of previous research from the United States.