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Ep 423 – We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Intellectual Property, with Stephan Kinsella

Podcast

Stephan Kinsella was our guest to talk about “intellectual property,” the concept that an individual’s ideas belong to them and should be protected from free use by others through law. ...

Should We Centralize Power? Andrew Wilson Debate Review Part 1

Podcast

Should We Centralize Power? Andrew Wilson Debate Review Part 1 Episode Summary In this episode of the Biblical Anarchy Podcast, host Jacob Winograd provides a detailed reaction and commentary on ...

Israel’s Private Property System In The Bible

Theology

One of the major themes in the Bible is God’s redemption of the nation of Israel. God made a promise of land to the sons of Abraham, but generations later ...

Ep 279: Religion is Not the Basis for Opposing Abortion, with Jose Galison

Podcast

YouTuber Jose Galison, of the show “No Way, Jose!”, recently brought onto his show Kerry Baldwin to discuss the difficult topic of abortion. They talked about why religion should not be the basis for ...

Ep 274: The Ethics of Anarcho-Capitalism, with Kristopher Borer

Libertarianism

We had the pleasure of welcoming Kristopher Borer, the author of The Ethics of Anarcho-Capitalism, to talk about how he sought to redefine libertarianism, the unique voice used in his book, and ...

Ep 260: Good Governance & Prosperity, with Joel Bomgar

Podcast

Today entrepreneur, Mississippi State Rep, and founder of the Bomgar corporation (now called BeyondTrust) Joel Bomgar discusses Prospera – a consulting firm establishing sustainable and profitable economic hubs in Honduras. Joel shows how good governance ...

On Fluffy Animals, Armed Bandits, and the Inner Logic of Libertarianism

Libertarianism

What is libertarianism? In his book Anarchy, State, and Utopia, Robert Nozick famously defines libertarianism as a social philosophy committed to a simple maxim: “from each as he chooses to each ...

Weekend Insights – Of Games, Math, and Politics?

News

Welcome back to Weekend Insights, your LCI "President's Corner" of miscellaneous articles, events, books, vids, and whatever else I'm thinking about...

Ep 241: What About the Environment and Creation?

Libertarianism

Join the co-authors of Faith Seeking Freedom to get a “behind the scenes” look at the the book’s creation and the content of Chapter 12: What About the Environment and Creation? Dick ...

The Freedom to Move

Culture

This classic essay was originally written by Oscar Cooley and Paul Poirot, and is excerpted from a pamphlet originally published by FEE in 1951. Can we hope to explain the ...

Human Nature and the Free Society

Economics

By Edmund Opitz. —- Is there anything in the basic makeup of the men and women we know, or those we read about in the press, or encounter in the ...

Ep 111: Free is Beautiful with Randy England

Libertarianism

Randy England joins us to talk about his book, Free is Beautiful, a tremendous work on the foundations of libertarianism from a biblical and Church history perspective.  

Ep 110: Libertarianism 101

Libertarianism

If you were approached on the street and asked what libertarians believe, what would you say? Would it be succinct? Or would it take a few minutes? Doug and Norman ...

Christianity and Self-Ownership

Libertarianism

Is the libertarian idea of self-ownership contrary to the authority of God? Not all libertarians believe in self-ownership Before discussing whether or not the libertarian concept of self-ownership is contrary ...

Women’s Rights? A Libertarian Evaluation

Libertarianism

Women’s rights movements have centered on the fact that in some societies women have been perceived as property or a sub-class of human. Historically, women’s rights movements have been about ...

Ep 36: Ecclesiastic Secession and Property Rights in the Episcopal Church, with Jim Lewis

Libertarianism

The Diocese of South Carolina, once part of the Episcopal Church, seceded from the denomination in 2012 after a complex dispute, and in 2017 joined another Anglican denomination, the Anglican ...

The Moral Case for a Free Economy

Book Reviews

Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy, by Robert Sirico (Regnery Publishing, 2012), 213 pages. Critics of the free market assert that it fails the underprivileged, ...

The War on Private Property

Economics

Do you want to live in an authoritarian society? Do you desire an intrusive government? Do you wish for a government that is a nanny state? Do you yearn for ...

Who Owns You? I sure don’t…

Media

I am on the board of The Foundation for a Free Society, and one of our objectives is to put out professional, artistic, catchy videos that communicate the philosophy of ...

Noah’s Ark and the Sanctity of Private Property

Economics

The subject of a proposed religious theme park in Kentucky brings up an issue near and dear to the heart of libertarians: the sanctity of private property. There is some ...

With or Without a God: Natural Law and Property Rights

History

[Excerpted from An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, vol. 1, Economic Thought Before Adam Smith (1995). An MP3 audio file of this article, read by Jeff Riggenbach. ...

Against Net Neutrality

Libertarianism

December 21, 2010, the FCC voted 3-2 for new measures regulating how content is transferred over the internet. Stephan Kinsella’s blog post at Mises.org the day before is a good ...

Theonomy, theology, and voting

Theology

Did this post title turn your head? Did you wonder what this would be about? Me too. Actually, I have been lax about answering some of the Libertarian FAQ Questions ...

Who Owns You?

Libertarianism

This article is #21 – and the final article – of a weekly series highlighting the former memes of Bureaucrash, an organization once headed by my friends Pete Eyre and ...

Tax Slavery Sucks

Libertarianism

This article is #19 of a weekly series highlighting the former memes of Bureaucrash, an organization once headed by my friends Pete Eyre and Jason Talley of the Motorhome Diaries. ...

What is the point of private property if you cannot use it?

News

An interesting example of confusion about private property came up this past week. I formerly lived in St. Louis, and I loved listening to KFUO radio, one of the best ...

Libertarian Overtones in Iron Man 2

Culture

I had the great opportunity to see Iron Man 2 at the IMAX in Austin on opening day last Friday. Though it didn’t quite match the sheer delight of the ...

Smoking is Healthier than Fascism

Libertarianism

This article is #15 of a weekly series highlighting the former memes of Bureaucrash, an organization once headed by my friends Pete Eyre and Jason Talley of the Motorhome Diaries. ...

Hands Off My Home

Economics

Thanks in large part to the work of the Institute for Justice and the 2005 Supreme Court case Kelo v. New London, eminent domain (the taking of private property by ...

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