Journal of Libertarian Studies - 2007 V-21 I-04

It was October 1957, several days before the official publication date.

2007 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, a novel that has had an enormous impact on the libertarian movement. This issue of the Journal of Libertarian Studies presents pieces commemorating the novel and its legacy.

“The Broken Window,” An essay written by Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850), was the first of a dozen short essays compiled under the heading, What i

The aim of this article is to resolve the putative contradiction between Hayek’s “legal framework of general and abstract rules”

In this paper, I take up the long-overdue task of constructing the foundation for an a priori theory of international relations.

Harvard professor of philosophy, John Rawls, can be credited with provoking the most recent angst over the issue of intergenerational equity.

Perhaps everyone will agree that if we were all angels, no state would be necessary, and if angels were the governors, they would require neither i

Casual acquaintance with Ayn Rand’s ideas often involves the assumption that Rand would approve of Oliver Stone’s character Gordon Gekko (of “greed

Why is it important to dramatize our values?

Belying their seemingly chaotic diversity, all of modern fiction and modern criticism unite on at least one point: rejection of romanticism.

Letters from Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard to Ayn Rand.

Volume 21, Number 4 (2007)