tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post5300116549812482607..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Did David Boaz Invent Libertarianism?Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-6707212199290063922011-12-01T19:29:04.709-05:002011-12-01T19:29:04.709-05:00I'm a little late, but the attack on Boaz and ...I'm a little late, but the attack on Boaz and Libertarianism.org doesn't seem fair. The first book on the "deep foundations" of libertarianism is indeed <i>edited</i> by Boaz, but it contains essays by many authors, including Rothbard's radical attack on the state from <i>For a New Liberty</i> and an anti-war excerpt (among others) from Mises. <br /><br />The first item Hueberthttp://jhhuebert.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-35663231124274406702011-11-05T14:32:06.637-04:002011-11-05T14:32:06.637-04:00A little tough, EPJ. Don't you think? Right in...A little tough, EPJ. Don't you think? Right in middle of Boaz' account of libertarian history, when liberalism was on the decline, he writes:The Austrian Economists<br /><br />"Meanwhile, though, even in the darkest hour of libertarianism, great thinkers continued to emerge and to refine liberal ideas. One of the greatest was Ludwig von Mises, an Austrian economist who fled the NazisDale Roosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02344072942108184367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-48279688246320374952011-11-05T07:24:03.768-04:002011-11-05T07:24:03.768-04:00A philosophy is not "invented." It'...A philosophy is not "invented." It's not a "formula." It is not stagnant and codified. It's a school of thought, with many branches. It's a network, with no one authority or dogma.Robert Capozzinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-73895977674472179662011-11-03T21:06:47.470-04:002011-11-03T21:06:47.470-04:00The first person who wrote about Libertarianism wa...The first person who wrote about Libertarianism was Lao Zi. The book is known as Dao De Jing, written around 500 B.C., at the onset of the Warring State Period of China. Just to give an example, he wrote:<br />The Great Nature has no preference. It cares for all things in the universe equally and no selected group receives special care. It treats all things like straw dogs used as offering in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-24255563229236589732011-11-03T18:45:57.990-04:002011-11-03T18:45:57.990-04:00@Robert Wenzel. It is odd, and it is certainly a ...@Robert Wenzel. It is odd, and it is certainly a shame. I also was around at the time. "Low tax liberalism" was not a slogan or part of the Clark/(David)Koch campaign. It was a pure Ed Clark remark made on a single Sunday news interview show -- much to the chagrin of his campaign staff. (It was on Meet the Press if I recall correctly.) In 1980, at least, David and Charles Koch Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-58467437294674162742011-11-03T16:03:03.653-04:002011-11-03T16:03:03.653-04:00It's not so odd about minimizing Rothbard. I w...It's not so odd about minimizing Rothbard. I witnessed the falling out of Charles Koch and Murray when Koch decided to water down the 1980 Ed Clark for President campaign ("low-tax liberalism" was the new description of libertarianism), and the fight carried over into the Cato Institute and the Libertarian Party in the early 80's. Rothbard was cast out of Cato, and the KochtopusScott Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00270655527655803743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-13263627136991940942011-11-03T15:49:18.309-04:002011-11-03T15:49:18.309-04:00Maybe their arms were twisted too.
Good. They can...Maybe their arms were twisted too.<br /><br />Good. They can keep libertarianism. It's brand value ain't that great ever since GreenspIn called himself one. <br /><br />And seriously, do you want to be on the same side as Matt Ridley?<br /><br /><br />What have arch crony capitalists got to do with a coalition of classical liberals, Christian libertarians, an-caps, traditionalists, and Lila Rajivahttp://www.mindbodypolitic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-21471936036338162642011-11-03T15:24:45.717-04:002011-11-03T15:24:45.717-04:00@Anonymous 3:11
Which makes it odd that they now ...@Anonymous 3:11<br /><br />Which makes it odd that they now shove him down the memory hole.Robert Wenzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-52408840363374192972011-11-03T15:23:53.664-04:002011-11-03T15:23:53.664-04:00I was pretty sure Etienne de la Boetie invented li...I was pretty sure Etienne de la Boetie invented libertarianism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-18258321610022684562011-11-03T15:11:56.995-04:002011-11-03T15:11:56.995-04:00Not to stir the pot, but it should be noted that C...Not to stir the pot, but it should be noted that Charles Koch was responsible for the original publication of much of Rothbard's work. For just one example of many, I note from the Acknowledgments found at the introduction to POWER AND MARKET: "Finally, I am grateful to the continuing and devoted interest of Charles G. Koch of Wichita, Kansas, whose dedication to inquiry into the fieldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-90335543845366968952011-11-03T15:05:22.163-04:002011-11-03T15:05:22.163-04:00In all honesty, I think Ron Paul's The Revolut...In all honesty, I think Ron Paul's The Revolution is superior to Rothbard's For a New Liberty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-16271470778213292192011-11-03T14:11:33.584-04:002011-11-03T14:11:33.584-04:00What about J.H.'s book? That's a good one,...What about J.H.'s book? That's a good one, I think.<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Libertarianism-Today-Jacob-H-Huebert/dp/0313377545/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1320343757&sr=1-1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-83458794311854536412011-11-03T13:21:22.683-04:002011-11-03T13:21:22.683-04:00No Rothbard? Sounds like "PC Libertarianism ...No Rothbard? Sounds like "PC Libertarianism for the masses" to me. And we know how dangerous it would be if more people started reading Rothbard's penetrating power elite analysis, I mean "conspiracy theories."Boetienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-55350743897331956892011-11-03T13:05:38.638-04:002011-11-03T13:05:38.638-04:00I just wanted to add that, in case funds are low, ...I just wanted to add that, in case funds are low, The Mises Institute also has a large library of free eBooks (which include just about all of Mises & Rothbard's works).<br /><br />http://mises.org/literature<br /><br />If you can pay though, please do, as The Mises Institute survives off of private donations.Chris Rossinihttp://riverofliberty.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-35426289685346568122011-11-03T12:38:11.858-04:002011-11-03T12:38:11.858-04:00You do realize this isn't for "libertaria...You do realize this isn't for "libertarians" but for the general population that isn't really considering libertarian philosophy for themselves; rather for those just looking for definitions and theories.<br /><br />The Remnant CANNOT be co-opted...WE know this, and they know this.lewfalohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16097688661134709226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-47279439594032737692011-11-03T12:34:27.102-04:002011-11-03T12:34:27.102-04:00On the front page, currently, is "F.A. Hayek ...On the front page, currently, is "F.A. Hayek on the Social Evolution and the Origins of Tradition" It's 50 minutes longAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com