When scholars look for anticipations of classical liberal, Austrian, and libertarian ideas in early Chinese thought, attention usually focuses not on the Confucians, but on the Taoists, particularly on Laozi (Laotzu), reputed author of the Taoist classic Daodejing ( Tao Te Ching ). For example, David Boaz’s Libertarian Reader is subtitled “Classic
An introduction by Roderick T. Long to the 19th Volume of the Journal of Libertarian Studies. Volume 19, Number 1 (2005) Long, Roderick T. “Editor’s Remarks.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 19, No. 1 (2005):
An introduction to the 20th Volume of the Journal of Libertarian Studies by Robert T. Long. Long, Robert T. “Editorial to Symposium Issue on Studies in Mutualist Political Economy.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 20, No. 1 (2006):
Dialogue between the so-called “capitalist” and so-called “socialist” branches of free-market libertarianism has declined. The publication of Kevin Carson’s Studies in Mutualist Political Economy provides a welcome opportunity to renew the conversation. Volume 20, Number 1 (2006) Long, Roderick T. “Land-Locked: A Critique of Carson on Property
It’s also worth pointing out that Mises and Hayek explained the great Depression before it occurred. Part of the reason for Austrian Business Cycle Theory’s brief popularity during the 1930s was that they were recognised as having predicted what would happen. And of course Mises wrote his “Causes of the Economic Crisis” in 1931. This, by the
A student recently asked me what was known of “Rothbard’s opinion on the events of early May, 1968 in France.” I turned to Joe Stromberg, Jedi Master of the Rothbard Archives, who kindly dug out for me two columns Rothbard wrote for the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph in 1968: “The Student Revolution” and “French Revolution – 1968.” For anyone
In this article by Rothbard, we find the following: “while liberals are in favor of any sexual activity engaged in by two consenting adults, when these consenting adults engage in trade or exchange, the liberals step in to harass, cripple, restrict, or prohibit that trade. And yet both the consenting sexual activity and the trade are similar
Volume 6, No. 1 (Spring 2003) Ethics and economics need to learn from one another. But what is it, precisely, that needs to be learned? Here Yeager’s answer is more controversial; he defends what might be called Austro-utilitarianism (the term is mine, not his), i.e., a version of utilitarianism informed by the concerns of the Austrian
Volume 9, No. 3 (Fall 2006) Austrians have frequently criticized neoclassical economics for the unrealistic character of its assumptions. Neoclassical models are typically “idealized”; that is, they leave out such features of the real-world economy as rivalry, imperfect information, nonmonetary incentives, and the passage of time. In his
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