{"id":5815,"date":"2007-03-16T13:18:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-16T07:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=531"},"modified":"2007-03-16T13:18:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-16T07:48:00","slug":"reading-about-libertarianism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/reading-about-libertarianism\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading about libertarianism"},"content":{"rendered":"
There’s a feast of good reading on libertarianism available at the moment: the latest issue of Cato Unbound<\/a> has a lead essay by Brian Doherty<\/a> mapping the growth of libertarianism through the last few decades and speaking about its prospects. In a reaction essay, “Libertarians in an Unlibertarian World<\/a>,” Brink Lindsey explains why he feels optimistic despite the fact that:<\/p>\n As an intellectual movement, libertarianism has come a long way. As a political movement, however, we’re still pretty near square one.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Tyler Cowen’s essay, “The Paradox of Libertarianism<\/a>,” takes a contrarian view, which is responded to superbly by Arnold Kling<\/a> and Bryan Caplan<\/a>. Also read Tom G Palmer’s essay, “Libertarianism or Liberty?<\/a>” in which he explains the perils of confusing “the promotion of liberty and the promotion of libertarianism.”<\/p>\n The greatest insight of all, though, comes from a fine essay, “Horror and Freedom<\/a>,” in which we are informed: “Cthulhu is the State.” Immense trembling ensues.<\/p>\n (Links via separate emails from Confused<\/a>, Kuttan<\/a>, Gautam Bastian<\/a> and Nitin Pai<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There’s a feast of good reading on libertarianism available at the moment: the latest issue of Cato Unbound<\/a> has a lead essay by Brian Doherty<\/a> mapping the growth of libertarianism through the last few decades and speaking about its prospects. In a reaction essay, “Libertarians in an Unlibertarian World<\/a>,” Brink Lindsey explains why he feels optimistic despite the fact that:<\/p>\n As an intellectual movement, libertarianism has come a long way. As a political movement, however, we’re still pretty near square one.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Tyler Cowen’s essay, “The Paradox of Libertarianism<\/a>,” takes a contrarian view, which is responded to superbly by Arnold Kling<\/a> and Bryan Caplan<\/a>. Also read Tom G Palmer’s essay, “Libertarianism or Liberty?<\/a>” in which he explains the perils of confusing “the promotion of liberty and the promotion of libertarianism.”<\/p>\n The greatest insight of all, though, comes from a fine essay, “Horror and Freedom<\/a>,” in which we are informed: “Cthulhu is the State.” Immense trembling ensues.<\/p>\n (Links via separate emails from Confused<\/a>, Kuttan<\/a>, Gautam Bastian<\/a> and Nitin Pai<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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