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May 29, 2022, By Stephan Kinsella (Editor) Filed Under: News and Updates

Volume 9 of Libertarian Papers is Now Available in Print |

The editors are happy to announce the publication in hard copy of Volume 9 of Libertarian Papers. This collection includes all the papers and reviews published in the journal in 2017. It contains articles from both leading and emerging libertarian scholars, including Robert Murphy, Joseph Newhard, Roberta Modugno, Alfred G. Cuzán, Christopher Calton, and Edward Younkins. The articles cover a wide range of fascinating topics relevant to liberalism and libertarianism, including discussions of Hayek, Keynes, Leoni, Malthus, Rand, and Spooner, alongside debates about the possibility of market anarchy, limitations on abortion rights, and the fundamentals of politics, property rights, and democracy.

Volume 9 is available through Amazon for $16.99.

Paper and ebook versions of past volumes of Libertarian Papers are also available here.

August 10, 2018, By Matthew McCaffrey Filed Under: News and Updates

Volume 8 of Libertarian Papers is Now Available |

We are happy to announce that Volume 8 of Libertarian Papers (2016) is now available in a print edition. This volume contains all Libertarian Papers articles for 2016, including contributions by scholars like Jan Narveson, Billy Christmas, Peter Lewin, Ryan Murphy, Aiden P. Gregg, and many others. It also covers a wide range of the most pressing and controversial topics in modern libertarianism, including immigration, gun control, abortion, the Basic Income Guarantee, thick libertarianism, left libertarianism, childcare, the problems of private defense, and eugenics.

Volume 8 is available through Amazon for $16.99.

Paper and ebook versions of past volumes of Libertarian Papers are also available here.

April 24, 2017, By Matthew McCaffrey Filed Under: News and Updates

Jakub Wiśniewski Joins the Libertarian Papers Editorial Board |

Libertarian Papers is delighted to welcome Jakub Wiśniewski to our editorial board.

Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski is a four-time summer fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, a three-time fellow at the Institute for Humane Studies, an affiliated lecturer with the Polish-American Leadership Academy, and an affiliated lecturer and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ludwig von Mises Institute Poland. He holds an MA in philosophy from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in political economy from King’s College London. He has published The Pith of Life: Aphorisms in Honor of Liberty, a book of liberty-themed aphorisms, and Libertarian Quandaries, a collection of essays on libertarian philosophy, as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles in philosophy, economics, and political economy in journals such as The Independent Review, Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, New Perspectives on Political Economy, Journal of Prices & Markets, Libertarian Papers, and Reason Papers.

April 12, 2017, By Matthew McCaffrey Filed Under: News and Updates

Libertarian Papers Archived by the Library of Congress |

We are happy to announce that Libertarian Papers has been chosen for inclusion in the web archives of the Library of Congress. This means that, once archived, the complete journal will be available indefinitely both to researchers at Library facilities and by special arrangement. Of course, because Libertarian Papers uses an open-access format, the use of our content is not restricted to begin with, but we are nevertheless happy that the research we publish will be archived alongside numerous other important publications and records of note in the Library. Naturally, there is some irony in the fact that the Library of Congress wishes to preserve our content, but we take this new attention to be an indication of the increasing relevance of the research we publish.

July 11, 2016, By Matthew McCaffrey Filed Under: News and Updates

Allen Mendenhall Joins the Libertarian Papers Editorial Board |

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Allen Mendenhall is a staff attorney to Chief Justice Roy S. Moore of the Supreme Court of Alabama and an adjunct professor at Faulkner University, where he has taught in the law school, the English Department, and the Department of Humanities.  He earned his Ph.D. in English from Auburn University, M.A.and J.D. from West Virginia University, LL.M. from Temple University, and B.A. from Furman University.  Author of hundreds of publications, including the book Literature and Liberty: Essays in Libertarian Literary Criticism (2014), he lives in Auburn, Alabama.  Visit his website at AllenMendenhall.com.

Allen has already distinguished himself as a pioneer of libertarian literary criticism. You can read Jo Ann Cavallo’s glowing review of his book here.

July 14, 2015, By Matthew McCaffrey Filed Under: News and Updates

Volume 6 of Libertarian Papers is Now Available |

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We are happy to announce that Volume 6 of Libertarian Papers is now available in a print edition. This volume contains all Libertarian Papers articles for 2014, including contributions by Arthur M. Diamond, Jonathan Newman, Stephen Cox, Jo Ann Cavallo, Shawn Ritenour, and many others.

Volume 6 is available through Amazon for $16.99.

Paper and ebook versions of past volumes of Libertarian Papers are also available here.

April 22, 2015, By Matthew McCaffrey Filed Under: News and Updates

Jason Jewell Joins the Libertarian Papers Editorial Board |

We are delighted to welcome Jason Jewell to our editorial board.

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Jason Jewell is Professor of Humanities and Chair of the Department of Humanities at Faulkner University in Montgomery, Alabama. He is also an Associated Scholar with the Ludwig von Mises Institute and a faculty member of Tom Woods’s Liberty Classroom, where he is currently preparing a course on the history of libertarianism. His writings have appeared in numerous publications. Most recently, he contributed an essay on the libertarian perspective to Christian Faith and Social Justice: Five Views (Bloomsbury Academic, 2014).

August 8, 2014, By Matthew McCaffrey Filed Under: News and Updates

Volume 5 of Libertarian Papers is Now Available |

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We are happy to announce that Volume 5 of Libertarian Papers is now available in a print edition. This volume contains all Libertarian Papers articles for 2013, including contributions by Walter Block, Paul Gottfreid, Stephan Kinsella, Xavier Méra, Jan Narveson, Ben O’Neill, Jakub Wisniewski, and many others.

Volume 5 is available through Amazon for $16.99, or  CreateSpace for $15.28, with a 10% discount.

Paper and ebook versions of past volumes of Libertarian Papers are also available.

July 1, 2014, By Matthew McCaffrey Filed Under: News and Updates

Ed Younkins Joins the Libertarian Papers Editorial board

We proudly welcome Ed Younkins to the editorial board of Libertarian Papers.

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Edward W. Younkins is professor of accountancy and director of graduate programs in the Department of Business at Wheeling Jesuit University. He is the founder of the university’s undergraduate degree program in political and economic philosophy. He is also the founding director of the university’s Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) and Master of Science in Accountancy (M.S.A.) programs.

The author of numerous articles in accounting and business journals, his free-market-oriented articles and reviews have appeared in numerous publications. He is the author of Capitalism and Commerce: Conceptual Foundations of Free Enterprise (2002), Champions of a Free Society: Ideas of Capitalism’s Philosophers and Economists (2008), Flourishing and Happiness in a Free Society: Toward a Synthesis of Aristotelianism, Austrian Economics, and Ayn Rand’s Objectivism (2011), and Exploring Capitalist Fiction: Business Through Literature and Film (2014). He has also edited Philosophers of Capitalism: Menger, Mises, Rand, and Beyond (2005), and Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged: A Philosophical and Literary Companion (2007).

In addition to earning state and national honors for his performances on the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Management Accountant (CMA) exams, respectively, Dr. Younkins also received the Outstanding Educator Award for 1997 from the West Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants.

 

January 29, 2014, By Matthew McCaffrey Filed Under: News and Updates

Sheldon Richman Joins the Libertarian Papers Editorial Board

We are delighted to welcome Sheldon Richman to our board of editors.

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Sheldon is vice president of The Future of Freedom Foundation and editor of FFF’s monthly journal, Future of Freedom. For 15 years he was editor of The Freeman, published by the Foundation for Economic Education in Irvington, New York. He is the author of FFF’s award-winning book Separating School & State: How to Liberate America’s Families; Your Money or Your Life: Why We Must Abolish the Income Tax; and Tethered Citizens: Time to Repeal the Welfare State. Calling for the abolition, not the reform, of public schooling. Separating School & State has become a landmark book in both libertarian and educational circles. In his column in the Financial Times, Michael Prowse wrote: “I recommend a subversive tract, Separating School & State by Sheldon Richman of the Cato Institute, a Washington think tank… I also think that Mr. Richman is right to fear that state education undermines personal responsibility…” Sheldon’s articles on economic policy, education, civil liberties, American history, foreign policy, and the Middle East have appeared in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, American Scholar, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, Washington Times, The American Conservative, Insight, Cato Policy Report, Journal of Economic Development, The Freeman, The World & I, Reason, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Middle East Policy, Liberty magazine, and other publications. He is also a contributor to the The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. A former newspaper reporter and senior editor at the Cato Institute and the Institute for Humane Studies, Sheldon is a graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia.

January 20, 2014, By Matthew McCaffrey Filed Under: News and Updates

The New Libertarian Papers Website

Libertarian Papers is starting the new year by unveiling our new website at libertarianpapers.org. We have kept the simple design of the old site while streamlining the user experience and improving the look and feel. We have also added some new features to improve functionality, including author tags allowing you to easily find articles from specific contributors.

This is the first of many plans to enhance the reach of the journal in the coming year. We are also expanding our editorial board, starting with the addition of outstanding scholars like Anthony Gregory. More announcements are on the way in the coming months, so be sure to follow us as we continue our mission to promote high-quality, thought-provoking research in libertarian ideas.

Thank you for your support, and we hope you’ll join us in our effort to advance the scholarly discourse on liberty.

January 15, 2014, By Matthew McCaffrey Filed Under: News and Updates

Anthony Gregory Joins the Libertarian Papers Editorial Board

Libertarian Papers is proud to welcome Anthony Gregory to its editorial board.

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Anthony is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute and the author of the Institute book The Power of Habeas Corpus in America: From the King’s Prerogative to the War on Terror (Cambridge University Press, 2013). He appears in the Institute’s Independent Watch videos and blogs regularly at The Beacon. In addition, he is a policy adviser for the Future of Freedom Foundation and a Fellow at the Center for a Stateless Society. He has written articles for The Atlantic, Washington Times, Bloomberg Business Week, Christian Science Monitor, San Diego Union Tribune, Dallas Morning News, Huffington Post, American Conservative, Human Events, Counterpunch, Antiwar.com, LewRockwell.com, Mises.org, The Freeman, Liberty, Reason.com, The Independent Review, and The Journal of Libertarian Studies. He earned his B.A. in American history at the University of California at Berkeley.

January 13, 2014, By Matthew McCaffrey Filed Under: News and Updates

Volume 4 of Libertarian Papers is Now Available

We are happy to announce that Volume 4 of Libertarian Papers is now available in a print edition. This volume contains all Libertarian Papers articles for 2012, including contributions by Per Bylund, James Rolph Edwards, J.C. Lester, Nahshon Perez, Michael F. Reber, Timothy Terrell, Clarence E. Wunderlin, and many others.

Volume 4 is available through Amazon for $16.99.

Paper and ebook versions of past volumes of Libertarian Papers are also available.

July 26, 2013, By Matthew McCaffrey Filed Under: News and Updates

Libertarian Papers Ranked “A” by Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA)/Australian Research Council (ARC)

 

I was informed recently that Libertarian Papers has received a quite good ranking from the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA), an Australian Government body that deals with academic matters,  provides systematic evaluation of a large number of scholarly journals in different disciplines and generates a database and a variety of reports ranking the journals.  These ratings are often used by Australian universities to evaluate the contribution of their academics to various fields.

The ERA Journal Ranking List for all law and legal studies journals is appended below. The order of the rankings is A*, A, B, C and then not ranked.  Libertarian Papers  is highlighted in the list.  It is ranked at level A, which is the second best ranking on the list, which is considered quite good.

Needless to say, we are very pleased with this recognition of the excellence the journal strives for.

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April 10, 2013, By Stephan Kinsella (Editor) Filed Under: News and Updates

Libertarian Papers Now Indexed in Philosophy

As part of our ongoing effort to increase the presence of libertarian scholarship in the academic community, we are pleased to announce that Libertarian Papers has been added to two new research databases. The journal is now listed in The International Directory of Philosophy, and also has a new entry in the comprehensive journal database JournalSeek.

April 19, 2012, By Matthew McCaffrey Filed Under: News and Updates

The Most Visited Libertarian Websites

The Capital Free Press has compiled a list of the top ranked “libertarian websites based on the number of unique visitors in the most recent month according to the data compiled by Compete.” The post is pasted below. Not surprisingly, LewRockwell.com is the most visited libertarian site. Four of my own sites made the list: StephanKinsella.com (#84), Libertarian Papers (#100), The Libertarian Standard (#75), and Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom (C4SIF, #78).

 

The Most Visited Libertarian Websites

This is a ranking of the top libertarian websites based on the number of unique visitors in the most recent month according to the data compiled by Compete. They only compile data for domains and subdomains, so perhaps this list is more accurately described as the most visited libertarian domains rather than websites. It is compiled through calls to Compete’s API, so it will automatically update when they release new data each month. For more information on this list, see the blog post introducing it.

Automating everything means that adding a new website is as simple as plugging a new url into my list, so you have any suggestions for a website to add, please email me at patrick@capitalfreepress.com.

Due to the restrictions on the free use of the Compete API, there is a chance that I could run out of API calls in a 24 hour period (resets at midnight EST). The way that I compile this list and the terms and conditions on the use of their API prevent me from displaying the number of unique visitors for each website in the chart, though that information and more can be accessed via the link I have provided.

Rank Name Website
1 LewRockwell.com lewrockwell.com Compete Site Profile
2 Electronic Frontier Foundation eff.org Compete Site Profile
3 Ron Paul 2012 Official Campaign Website ronpaul2012.com Compete Site Profile
4 Reason Magazine reason.com Compete Site Profile
5 Daily Paul dailypaul.com Compete Site Profile
6 The Cato Institute cato.org Compete Site Profile
7 Ludwig von Mises Institute mises.org Compete Site Profile
8 AntiWar.com antiwar.com Compete Site Profile
9 RonPaul.com ronpaul.com Compete Site Profile
10 Outside the Beltway outsidethebeltway.com Compete Site Profile
11 Economic Policy Journal economicpolicyjournal.com Compete Site Profile
12 Library of Economics and Liberty econlib.org Compete Site Profile
13 The Daily Bell thedailybell.com Compete Site Profile
14 Ron Paul Forums ronpaulforums.com Compete Site Profile
15 Endorse Liberty PAC endorseliberty.com Compete Site Profile
16 Tenth Amendment Center tenthamendmentcenter.com Compete Site Profile
17 Cato-at-Liberty Blog cato-at-liberty.org Compete Site Profile
18 The Freeman thefreemanonline.org Compete Site Profile
19 Future of Freedom Foundation fff.org Compete Site Profile
20 Campaign For Liberty campaignforliberty.com Compete Site Profile
21 The Independent Institute independent.org Compete Site Profile
22 Advocates for Self Government theadvocates.org Compete Site Profile
23 Marginal Revolution marginalrevolution.com Compete Site Profile
24 The Agitator – Radley Balko theagitator.com Compete Site Profile
25 Carpe Diem – Mark J. Perry mjperry.blogspot.com Compete Site Profile
26 Libertarian Party lp.org Compete Site Profile
27 Tom Woods tomwoods.com Compete Site Profile
28 Whiskey and Gunpowder whiskeyandgunpowder.com Compete Site Profile
29 Revolution PAC revolutionpac.com Compete Site Profile
30 Run Ron Paul runronpaul.com Compete Site Profile
31 The Ayn Rand Institute aynrand.org Compete Site Profile
32 Cop Block copblock.org Compete Site Profile
33 Acton Institute acton.org Compete Site Profile
34 Free State Project freestateproject.org Compete Site Profile
35 Adam Vs The Man adamvstheman.com Compete Site Profile
36 United Liberty unitedliberty.org Compete Site Profile
37 Reason Foundation reason.org Compete Site Profile
38 Moment of Clarity – Tim Nerenz timnerenz.com Compete Site Profile
39 Cafe Hayek cafehayek.com Compete Site Profile
40 Downsize DC downsizedc.org Compete Site Profile
41 Free Keene freekeene.com Compete Site Profile
42 The Humble Libertarian humblelibertarian.com Compete Site Profile
43 Laissez-Faire Books lfb.org Compete Site Profile
44 Strike-The-Root strike-the-root.com Compete Site Profile
45 Foundation for Economic Education fee.org Compete Site Profile
46 John Locke Foundation johnlocke.org Compete Site Profile
47 Break The Matrix breakthematrix.com Compete Site Profile
48 BuildFreedom.com buildfreedom.com Compete Site Profile
49 Competitive Enterprise Institute cei.org Compete Site Profile
50 Libertarianism.org libertarianism.org Compete Site Profile
51 Vox Popoli voxday.blogspot.com Compete Site Profile
52 The Institute for Justice ij.org Compete Site Profile
53 OpenMarket.org – The Blog of the CEI openmarket.org Compete Site Profile
54 Freedomain Radio freedomainradio.com Compete Site Profile
55 Institute for Humane Studies theihs.org Compete Site Profile
56 Peter Schiff Show schiffradio.com Compete Site Profile
57 Center for a Stateless Society c4ss.org Compete Site Profile
58 Learn Liberty learnliberty.org Compete Site Profile
59 Young Americans for Liberty yaliberty.org Compete Site Profile
60 Young Americans for Liberty yaliberty.org Compete Site Profile
61 Reason.tv reason.tv Compete Site Profile
62 Free Talk Live freetalklive.com Compete Site Profile
63 The Future of Capitalism futureofcapitalism.com Compete Site Profile
64 Doug Wead The Blog dougwead.wordpress.com Compete Site Profile
65 Libertarian Republican libertarianrepublican.net Compete Site Profile
66 Adam Smith Institute adamsmith.org Compete Site Profile
67 The Capital Free Press capitalfreepress.com Compete Site Profile
68 Bleeding Heart Libertarians bleedingheartlibertarians.com Compete Site Profile
69 Militant Libertarian militantlibertarian.org Compete Site Profile
70 Students for Liberty studentsforliberty.org Compete Site Profile
71 Coyote Blog coyoteblog.com Compete Site Profile
72 Ron Paul News ronpaulnews.net Compete Site Profile
73 Republican Liberty Caucus rlc.org Compete Site Profile
74 Bastiat Institute bastiatinstitute.org Compete Site Profile
75 The Libertarian Standard libertarianstandard.com Compete Site Profile
76 AgainstCronyCapitalism.org againstcronycapitalism.org Compete Site Profile
77 Coordination Problem coordinationproblem.org Compete Site Profile
78 Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom c4sif.org Compete Site Profile
79 realfreemarket.org realfreemarket.org Compete Site Profile
80 Goldwater Institute goldwaterinstitute.org Compete Site Profile
81 Liberty Radio Network lrn.fm Compete Site Profile
82 Ideas – David Friedman daviddfriedman.blogspot.com Compete Site Profile
83 Daily Anarchist dailyanarchist.com Compete Site Profile
84 Stephan Kinsella stephankinsella.com Compete Site Profile
85 NeverTakeaPlea.org nevertakeaplea.org Compete Site Profile
86 Liberty Underground 1787network.com Compete Site Profile
87 Liberty Pulse libertypulse.com Compete Site Profile
88 Peace, Freedom & Prosperity peacefreedomprosperity.com Compete Site Profile
89 Free Advice – Robert Murphy consultingbyrpm.com Compete Site Profile
90 Libertarian Leanings libertarianleanings.com Compete Site Profile
91 Americans for Limited Government getliberty.org Compete Site Profile
92 Liberty Documentaries libertydocumentaries.com Compete Site Profile
93 Liberty PAC libertypac.net Compete Site Profile
94 Taking Hayek Seriously hayekcenter.org Compete Site Profile
95 Liberty Maven libertymaven.com Compete Site Profile
96 Congress Shall Make No Law: IJ’s Free Speech Blog makenolaw.org Compete Site Profile
97 Ron Paul Radio ronpaulradio.com Compete Site Profile
98 LacrosseWatchDog lacrossewatchdog.org Compete Site Profile
99 Bad Quaker badquaker.com Compete Site Profile
100 Libertarian Papers libertarianpapers.org Compete Site Profile
101 Porcupine Freedom Festival porcfest.com Compete Site Profile
102 The Libertarian Patriot thelibertarianpatriot.com Compete Site Profile
103 The Southern Libertarian thesouthernlibertarian.com Compete Site Profile
104 The Tireless Agorist tirelessagorist.blogspot.com Compete Site Profile
105 Liberty Classroom libertyclassroom.com Compete Site Profile
106 Government by Contract governmentbycontract.com Compete Site Profile
107 Freespace – Timothy Sandefur sandefur.typepad.com Compete Site Profile
108 Austrian Dad austriandad.blogspot.com Compete Site Profile
109 JasonPye.com jasonpye.com Compete Site Profile
110 Libertarian Advocate libertarianadvocate.blogspot.com Compete Site Profile
111 Liberty Web Alliance libertyweballiance.com Compete Site Profile
112 Liberty On Tour libertyontour.com Compete Site Profile
113 Libertarian Book Club libertarianbookclub.com Compete Site Profile
114 Run Rand Run runrandrun.com Compete Site Profile

April 11, 2012, By Stephan Kinsella (Editor) Filed Under: News and Updates

2012 O.P. Alford III Prize in Libertarian Scholarship

The O.P. Alford III Prize in Libertarian Scholarship is awarded annually by the Ludwig von Mises Institute. This year’s recipients are Thorsten Polleit and Jonathan Mariano, for their 2011 Libertarian Papers article, “Credit Default Swaps from the Viewpoint of Libertarian Property Rights and Contract Theory.” Congratulations to the authors!

March 14, 2012, By Matthew McCaffrey Filed Under: News and Updates

Changes to Libertarian Papers

There have been some recent alterations to the Libertarian Papers website which may be of interest to readers and authors. Below are listed some of the most significant changes:

1) Although articles will continue to be published as soon as they complete the peer-review process, issue  numbers and continuous page references are being added for each new volume, starting with volume 4. Consequently, the citation style for volumes 4 onward conforms to standard journal format. Information on old and new citations is available on the web pages of the different volumes, as well as those of individual articles.

2) The guidelines for manuscript submission have been updated and clarified.

3) The “About” page has been revised to include an “Aims and Scope” section.

February 3, 2012, By Matthew McCaffrey Filed Under: News and Updates

Matt McCaffrey Named Editor of Libertarian Papers

Matt McCaffreyLibertarian Papers is pleased to announce that Matthew McCaffrey has agreed to serve as the journal’s Editor. A PhD candidate at the University of Angers, Mises Institute fellow, and winner of the 2010 Lawrence W. Fertig Prize in Austrian Economics, Matt previously served as the journal’s Managing Editor. He may be reached here.

Stephan Kinsella will serve as Executive Editor.

January 12, 2012, By Stephan Kinsella (Editor) Filed Under: News and Updates

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