The Political Economy of the Antifederalists
Secession Reconsidered
The idea of secession has been around ever since there have been governments.
Nations by Consent: Decomposing the Nation-State
Libertarians tend to focus on two important units of analysis: the individual and the state.
Intellectual Standards of Adam Smith’s Day
In reviewing the contributions of Adam Smith to the growth of economics Hans Brems writes that “[m]uch of what Smith had to say had been said
Libertarianism and Libertinism
There is perhaps no greater confusion in all of political economy than that between libertarianism and libertinism.
Third Thoughts on Contracting Out
Like many libertarians, I used to accept without question the idea that contracting out for government services was a good idea.
Woodrow Wilson’s Defeat in Yugoslavia: The End of a Multicultural Utopia
The violent breakup of Yugoslavia illustrates the growing difficulty of theorizing about the future of multi-ethnic states.
Book Reviews: Liberty and Nature: An Aristotelian Defense of Liberal Order by Rasmussen and Den Uyl; Objectivism: The Philosopy of Ayn Rand by Leonard Piekoff
In this article, David Gordon reviews Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand by Leonard Peikoff, and Liberty and Nature: An Aristotel