A common objection to a purely free society is that it would quickly degenerate into constant battles between private warlords. Robert Murphy takes on that objection and argues that freedom can't fully suppress warlordism but it can make it costly.

Privatization: Roads, Eminent Domain

Tags: Political Theory, Legal System

07/06/2005 Walter Block

Walter Block discusses Privatization: Roads, Eminent Domain at Mises University on August 4th, 2004.

Equality, Rights, and the Autonomous Self: Toward a Conservative Economics, by Timothy P. Roth

Tags: Political Theory, Free Markets

07/01/2005 David Gordon

Timothy Roth is neither an Austrian economist nor an advocate of libertarian natural rights. For those of us who accept these positions, though, his book performs a great service.

The Just War Revisited, by Oliver O’Donovan

Tags: Political Theory, War and Foreign Policy

07/01/2005 David Gordon

Oliver O’Donovan, one of the leading moral theologians in the Church of England, calls to our attention a vital point. If we take account of his insight, we can grasp immediately why the invasion of Iraq is an unjust war.

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