The Journal of Libertarian Studies was founded by Murray N. Rothbard in 1977 and is the premiere venue for the advancement of libertarianism, anarcho-capitalism, the individualist society, and non-interventionism as the first principle of political theory and practice.
Orwell’s Despair: Nineteen Eighty-four and the Critique of the Teleocratic State
This examines aspects of Orwell’s political thought as expressed in Nineteen Eighty-four.
Mark Twain’s Little Societies of Exchange
A Review Essay of Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement by Brian Doherty
The outstanding merit of Brian Doherty’s book is that it contains a treasure trove of valuable information regarding the events, personalities, periodicals and organizations whose complex interplay influenced the intellectual and institutional development of the modern American libertarian movement.
The Neglected Costs of the Warfare State: An Austrian Tribute to Seymour Melman
Journal of Libertarian Studies Final Issue: Volume 22, Online Only
The final issue of the Journal of Libertarian Studies (1977–2011): online.
Freedom and Prosperity in Liechtenstein: A Hoppean Analysis
Liechtenstein has long been recognized as one of the most free and prosperous countries in the world.
Reflections on Legal Polycentrism
In attempting to promote the libertarian viewpoint, particularly in its anarchic variety, one is faced with a variety of problems.
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.
Reply to Block on Libertarianism is Unique
A common argument for libertarianism of the sort associated with writers like Nozick and Rothbard is that it follows more or less directly from the
How Not to Defend the Market: A Critique of Easton, Miron, Bovard, Friedman and Boudreaux
Did you ever hear the phrase, “With friends like that, who needs enemies?” This aphorism applies to several “defenses” of the free enterprise syste
The Territorial Assumption: Rationale for Conquest
The classic definition of the State involves two elements: a coercive monopolization of defense services over a given geographic area, and the impo
Solidarity Forever: The Power Invested in Worker Collectives Under United States Law
It is evident that much of the debate in favor of unions is emotional.
Anarchism and Minarchism; No Rapprochement Possible: Reply to Tibor Machan
There has been for many years a tension between the anarcho-capitalist or free market anarchist, and the limited government or minarchist wings of
Free Rider Problems in Insurance-Based Private Defense
Libertarian writers including Hoppe, Hummel, and Murphy have attempted to deal with the presence of free riders in theoretical private defense cons
Immigrants: Intruders or Guests? A Reply to Hoppe and Kinsella
In a free society, goods, capital, and people would enjoy unrestricted freedom of movement based on voluntary relationships and the respect for pri
Reply to Hellmer on Sweatshops
Muetze Hellmer is a former student of mine at Loyola University New Orleans.
John Maynard Keynes and Ludwig von Mises on Probability
As regards the views about probability of Ludwig von Mises, it is undeniably true that these display considerable nuance and that they can be consi
A Critique of the Austrian approach to Holistic Concepts
In this article I will revise Mises and Hayek’s thesis about the proper categories of economics.
Reveiw of The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies by Bryan Caplan
In this article, Walter Block reviews Bryan Caplan’s The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies.
