libertarianism

Rothbard on “Left-Anarchists”

The new book Strictly Confidential: The Private Volker Fund Memos of Murray N. Rothbard, edited by David Gordon looks great. I already found some gems: see chapter II.1 p. 25, “Are Libertarians ‘Anarchists'”? It has a devastating critique of anarcho-“syndicalists” and left-anarchists. A few delicious choice quotes: The spurious logic of the dialectic is not […]

Kinsella: Upcoming Speeches, Teaching, Books

Panelist, “Intellectual Property Law and Policy,” Symposium: “Plain Meaning in Context: Can Law Survive its Own Language?”, New York University School of Law/Journal of International Law and Politics (February 18, 2011) “How Intellectual Property Hampers Capitalism,” Mises Institute Supporters’ Summit 2010: “The Economic Recovery:  Washington’s Big Lie” (forthcoming Oct. 8-9 2010, Auburn Alabama) “Intellectual Freedom […]

Further Thoughts on Abandonment and Alienability in Contract Theory: Discussions with Jay Lakner

From some comments in Seinfeld’s Elaine is Anti-IP: Jay Lakner July 26, 2010 at 11:24 pm Ok let’s try this again, but with a different approach. An author, let’s called him Adam, wishes to sell his book but he only wants official copies to be in circulation. His intent is to prevent people from duplicating […]

Tom Palmer on “The Case for Ordered Liberty Without States”

Tom Palmer links to the written version of his 5 minute opening remarks at Mark Skousen’s FreedomFest earlier this month, “The Case for Ordered Liberty Without States.” Although he doesn’t like to use the term “anarchist” (see also Gil Guillory, Libertarians or Anarchists?), this is a nice short argument for the anarcho-libertarian position. [TLS]