libertarianism

KOL091 | Liberty Talk 002: Sheldon Richman on IP

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 091. This is the audio for episode 002 of Liberty Talk, a new weekly-ish Google hangout-based podcast with Jeffrey Tucker and me (Google Plus page; Youtube Channel). This week we talked to Sheldon Richman about Obamacare and the origin of his anti-IP views. For more, see Sheldon’s articles: Sheldon Richman on Intellectual […]

Reddit Ask Me Anything Thread

I have a Reddit Ask Me Anything thread going on here: http://www.reddit.com/r/Libertarian/comments/1ozbpv/i_am_stephan_kinsel….   My summary: I am Stephan Kinsella, libertarian writer and patent attorney. Ask Me Anything! (self.Libertarian) submitted 368 milliseconds ago by nskinsella I’m Stephan Kinsella, a practicing patent lawyer, and have written and spoken a good deal on libertarian and free market topics. I founded and am executive […]

KOL088 | Liberty Talk 001: For A New Libertarianism

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 088. This is the audio for episode 001 of Liberty Talk, a new weekly-ish Google hangout-based podcast with Jeffrey Tucker and me (Google Plus page; Youtube Channel). This week Jeff and I talked a variety of issues, including Jeff’s recent Crypto-Currency Conference in Atlanta, his impromptu 50-person bar meetup in […]

Capitalist Thought: Studies in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

Academic publisher Lexington Books (Rowman & Littlefield) has a new book series coming out, Capitalist Thought: Studies in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. Ed Younkins is the Series Editor; I’ll be a member of the Advisory Board. The publisher’s description of the series: This book series is devoted to studying the foundations of capitalism from a number of […]

KOL077 | The Unique Libertarian Framework: Homesteading, Scarcity, Conflict, Property Rights

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 077. In this podcast, recorded during my morning constitutional (stroll/walk), I discuss my take on how best to view the libertarian idea: its origins and basic concepts, from homesteading to body-ownership, inalienability, intellectual property, “coercion” vs. aggression, state vs. government, tactics and strategy and terminology and semantics vs. substance, etc., […]

KOL075 | Triple-V: Voluntary Virtues Vodcast, with Michael Shanklin: Argumentation Ethics, Homesteading, Private vs Personal Property

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 075. This is my appearance on Michael Shanklin’s Triple-V: Voluntary Virtues Vodcast with Michael Shanklin (Aug. 26, 2013). We discussed a variety of issues, as noted in the subject line. Some background material for these topics can be found at: Argumentation Ethics and Liberty: A Concise Guide Defending Argumentation Ethics: […]

Where the Critique of Right-Libertarianism Goes Wrong

This is excerpted from my comments on Facebook critiquing a recent C4SS article, Where Right-Libertarianism Goes Wrong, by Andrew Kerr. *** Weak article. A few quotes and comments: Libertarianism is based upon solid intellectual and theoretical foundations of how a free-market society should operate, but when these free-market arguments are applied to defend the corrupt, cronyist, […]

KOL074 | The Libertarian: Interview by Keir Martland: Argumentation Ethics, Immigration, Libertarian Property Theory

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 074. This is my interview from The Libertarian, by Keir Martland. It was released as The Libertarian: Podcast #1. We discussed libertarian theory, Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s libertarian views, argumentation ethics, immigration, and related matters. For further background on these topics see: Argumentation Ethics and Liberty: A Concise Guide A Simple Libertarian Argument Against Unrestricted Immigration […]