libertarianism
“Estoppel: A New Justification for Individual Rights” (1992)
“Estoppel: A New Justification for Individual Rights,” Reason Papers No. 17 (Fall 1992), p. 61–74 PDF evaluation by anonymous reviewer audio version at KOL042 The Genesis of Estoppel: My Libertarian Rights Theory (Mar. 22, 2016) “Punishment and Proportionality: The Estoppel Approach,” Journal of Libertarian Studies 12, no. 1 (Spring 1996): 51–73 Defending Argumentation Ethics: Reply to […]
“A Libertarian Theory of Punishment and Rights” (1997)
“A Libertarian Theory of Punishment and Rights,” Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 30, no. 2 (Jan. 1997): 607-45. PDF text version with italics and some formatting missing. Below is an edited version to be used for publication in Law in a Libertarian World, which also includes some material from “Punishment and Proportionality: The Estoppel Approach, 12:1 Journal of […]
Correcting Some Common Libertarian Misconceptions (2011)
This is a lightly edited transcript of my speech “Correcting Some Common Libertarian Misconceptions,” delivered on May 28, 2011, at the Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society, and podcast previously at KOL044 | “Correcting some Common Libertarian Misconceptions” (PFS 2011). The video and the powerpoint presentation are embedded below. Related: KOL 045 | […]
The ‘Post-Covid-19 World’ Will Never Come.
Eric Zuesse On May 3rd, the New York Times bannered “Reaching ‘Herd Immunity’ Is Unlikely in the U.S., Experts Now Believe” and reported that “there is widespread consensus among scientists and public health experts that the herd immunity threshold is not attainable — at least not in the foreseeable future, and perhaps not ever.” In […]
Covid-19-Policy Contest Between Libertarianism v. Socialism: The Latest Results
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at Strategic Culture Early in the “coronavirus-19” — subsequently called “Covid-19” — pandemic, Denmark and Sweden were often being compared with one-another because both are Scandinavian countries, but on 13 March 2020, Denmark had started a lockdown and imposed strict recommendations for businesses and personal behavior, whereas Sweden did nothing of […]
How To Think About Property (2019)
As noted in my podcast episode KOL259 | “How To Think About Property”, New Hampshire Liberty Forum 2019, I gave a presentation at the New Hampshire Liberty Forum, Feb. 8, 2019. A lightly-edited transcript is below. Background: KOL 037 | Locke’s Big Mistake: How the Labor Theory of Property Ruined Political Theory A Libertarian Theory […]
KOL331 | Phil Gibson: A Boy Named Pseu: Libertarianism, IP, Bitcoin, Austrian Economics, and the Hayekian Knowledge Problem …
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 331. This is my appearance on Phil Gibson’s podcast A Boy Named Pseu. Youtube video: From Phil’s shownotes: Stephan Kinsella is an attorney and libertarian writer. We discuss: Libertarianism Patents Trademarks Intellectual Property Economics [See Knowledge vs. Calculation] Bitcoin and then some…
The Rise of Right-wing Libertarianism Since the 1950s
Sometimes as I read books I like to simultaneously summarize them in my own words to facilitate the intellectual digestion. And also to post my notes online later on, in the probably vain hope of diffusing knowledge to young people and non-academics. I’ve been reading a couple of books on the rise of political conservatism […]
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Libertarian Answer Man: Self-ownership for slaves and Crusoe; and Yiannopoulos on Accurate Analysis and the term “Property”; Mises distinguishing between juristic and economic categories of “ownership”
From X: Libertarian Answer Man, What Sayest Thou? “Crusoe owns nothing on his island, as there is no legal order. Does this include his body? He can control and use his body, but he doesn’t own it. Ownership is a legal relationship between an actor and a resource, that is recognized and respected by others […]