Michael Chapman argues that reports of libertarianism’s death have been greatly exaggerated and that its ideas remain highly relevant today. Editor’s Note This piece was originally published on the ...

Hoskins and O’Driscoll explore the role of property rights in economic development ...

While Karl Marx hated Pierre-Joseph Proudhon and his philosophy of mutualism, a libertarian can find in it much to appreciate. Proudhon’s conception of federalism permits us a fuller understanding of ...

Andrew Jackson conflated his own will with the will of the people, and ran roughshod over the Constitution’s constraints on his power in pursuit of goals that were often contemptible. Editor’s Note ...

The insatiable desire for power and its corrupting influence have been dominant themes in libertarian theory and history. In Machiavellism: The Doctrine of Raison d’État and Its Place in Modern ...

A libertarian world won’t eliminate all poverty, but it offers powerful tools for greatly reducing it, and improving the lives of the poorest and least privileged. The stereotypes of libertarian ...

The modern state is a contingent historical development, born in blood—not a permanent or inevitable feature of human society. In concentrating decision-making power, the state divests citizens and ...

Libertarians frequently disagree about the status of intellectual property. D’Amato explores the views of four major libertarian thinkers. The issue of intellectual property rights represents a ...

Woodrow Wilson was a terrible president who took his failure global. Editor’s Note The “Everything Wrong with the Presidents” series focuses on, as the title suggests, everything each president did ...

The Ancient Roman Cicero’s idea of natural law has much to teach us about the evolution of liberty Studying Cicero offers us key insights into both the development of modern western theories of ...

Nick Wilson compares the political, social, and moral thought of Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois. Booker T. Washington was born into slavery in 1856. He published his autobiography, Up from ...

Hayek endorsed a guaranteed minimum income—but didn’t say why. In this essay, Matt Zwolinski attempts to reconstruct Hayek’s argument. Still, it’s possible to reconstruct an argument out of what Hayek ...