John Locke's Second Treatise of Government (1689) contains a defense of private property that makes use of the idea of labor-mixing. In §27, Locke writes: '[…] for this labour being the unquestionable ...

The Journal of Libertarian Studies is happy to announce that issue 29.2 (2025) has been published!

As I describe in my new memoir, A Life for Liberty: The Making of an American Originalist, I have identified as a libertarian since I was a junior in college. I still do. But for at least the past ...

Libertarianism has morphed in the last couple of decades from a scholarly political theory housed in the halls of the universities of Europe and America into a mainstream political trend. With any ...

Dealing with the Venezuelan Regime and the Cartels It Enables The Filibuster ‘at This Point in Time’ No, Mr. President, the ‘Affordability Issue’ Is Not Dead Audio By Carbonatix Libertarians have ...

Libertarianism, most simply, promotes the absolute and inherent liberty of the individual. These liberties require no justification and extend to freedom of speech, religion, association, the right to ...

During college, a friend admitted he was confounded by my politics. He didn’t know how to reconcile my libertarianism with my other commitments. We were Buddhists and vegetarians, and I knew exactly ...

In my previous three posts, I have discussed the problems with left-wing libertarian philosphy. I now discuss the other end of the spectrum, and its problems. Hans Hoppe Conservatives: According to ...

Do you remember the "libertarian moment"? I wouldn't blame you if not. For a few years around the end of the Obama administration, though, it looked as if the right just might coalesce around ...