I recently wrote an article, available here, on the idea of thick libertarianism. Below I outline the core of the argument. Starting from Austro-libertarian premises, thick libertarianism is unavoidable. Austro-libertarians are committed to the non-aggression principle (NAP) and in order to identify acts of aggression in the real world, in some cases, have to make…

C4SS Feed 44 presents Sheldon Richman‘s “Libertarianism and Anti-Racism” read by Stephanie Murphy and edited by Nick Ford. What could be a libertarian reason to oppose nonviolent racism? Charles Johnson spelled it out in e Freeman. Libertarianism is a commitment to the nonaggression principle. at principle rests on some justi cation. us it is conceivable…

Steven Reisner discusses a letter to Obama about ending torture once and for all. Ralph Nader discusses a potential left-right alliance. Vincent Navarro discusses the Mondragon worker cooperatives in Spain. James Peron discusses how people who hate gays also hate capitalists in the context of the businesses refusing to discriminate against them. Qatryk interviews Roderick…