The Libertarian Tradition
The Libertarian Tradition
Jeff Riggenbach
A podcast by journalist, author, editor, broadcaster, and educator, Jeff Riggenbach.
Robert Bidinotto's <em>Hunter</em>
Ayn Rand objectivists are more neocon than libertarian.
Aug 11, 2011
Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007)
Wilson&#39;s best known work was Illuminatus - an arcane conspiracy-based cult classic that won libertarian futurist awards. Wilson referred to his own beliefs as generalized agnosticism about everything.
Aug 4, 2011
Conjectural History
Historians must use Rand&#39;s sense of life to make their best guess of how things happened when the past facts are lost.
Jul 28, 2011
Eight Ways to Run the Country
Riggenbach&#39;s review of Mitchell&#39;s book is mixed because he does not find a fit with the political perspectives described as individualist or paleolibertarian.
Jul 20, 2011
Libertarianism and Psychology II
Nathaniel Brandon and Sharon Presley saw the importance of psychology and the self-esteem movement for libertarians.People who lack self-confidence aren&#39;t likely to support efforts to achieve a free society, or even to understand why a free society is a desirable goal.
Jul 14, 2011
Libertarian Journalism in the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Ronald Hamowy and Ralph Raico were the best libertarian journalists. Their efforts included the quality publications New Individualist Review and Inquiry...
Jul 7, 2011
Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850)
Forerunner of the Austrian School, Bastiat contributed high quality popularization of such legal and economic ideas as legalized plunder, everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else and the fable of the broken window in which what is not seen is as important or more than what is seen.
Jun 30, 2011
Libertarianism and Psychology
Psychologist Timothy Leary held LSD to be therapy. Psychiatrist Thomas Szasz held that mental illness was a myth. Both libertarians opposed the war on drugs.
Jun 22, 2011
Suzanne La Follette (1893 –1983)
As the protege of Albert Jay Nock, La Follette&#39;s thinking reflected much of his own. Her valuable book Concerning Women stressed that the interests of the state are opposed to the interests of society and that economic freedom was needed for all not just for women.
Jun 15, 2011
C. M. Kornbluth (1923–1958)
Although as a young man Kornbluth held leftist political views, he grew to share Rothbardian-style sentiments about the state. To Kornbluth the state was obviously just another criminal gang. His book The Syndic won the Libertarian Futurist Society&#39;s Prometheus Hall of Fame Award in 1986.
Jun 9, 2011
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