Journal of Libertarian Studies
Illiberal Libertarians: Why Libertarianism is Not a Liberal View, and a Good Thing Too; Reply to Samuel Freeman
Libertarianism has been widely misunderstood, and the present essay under review is no exception.
Adam Smith: A Reappraisal
In his monumental work, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith captured the spirit of the new industri
Cost and Choice: Austrian vs Conventional views
The primary purpose of this paper is to contrast Austrian and conventional concepts of cost.
A Groundwork for Rights: Man’s Natural End
Murray Rothbard, in a paper entitled “The Ethics of Liberty,” argued that the standard for moral goodness is set by man’s nature.
Herbert Spencer’s Theory of Causation
This paper traces Spencer’s theory of causation through various disciplines, with special emphasis on Spencer’s “scientific”
Fishkin on Nozick’s Absolute Rights
In his recent work, Tyranny and Legitimacy, James Fishkin advances an argument against Roben Nozick’s theory of, what Fishkin calls, “a
A Libertarian Argument Against Opening Borders
The right of one person necessarily entails the obligation of another person or persons.
Adam Smith’s Acknowledgments: Neo-Plagiarism and the Wealth of Nations
It is now generally accepted by historians of economic thought that in the nineteenth century Adam Smith’s work was much overpraised for its
Frogs’ Legs, Shared Ends and the Rationality of Politics
Politics asks “What is to be done?” and proposes a profusion of answers.