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Objectivism and the State: An Open Letter to Ayn Rand

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First published in 1969 by the Society for Individual Liberty (now Liberty International). Nineteen of his essays are collected in Liberty Against Power. Dear Miss Rand: The purpose of this letter is to convert you to free market anarchism. As far as I can determine, no one has ever pointed out to you in detail the errors in your political philosophy. That is my intention here. I attempted this task once before, in my essay “The Contradiction in Objectivism,” in the March 1968 issue of the Rampart Journal, but I now think that my argument was ineffective and weak, not emphasizing the...

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Roy Childs, Jr.

Roy Alan Childs, Jr. (January 4, 1949 – May 22, 1992) was a libertarian essayist, lecturer, and critic. Childs became a research associate of the Center for Libertarian Studies in 1977 and edited Libertarian Review until 1981. He was a Cato Institute scholar from 1982 to 1984 and wrote and edited hundreds of book reviews for Laissez Faire Books until his death in 1992. Some of his essays were collected in Liberty against Power. He first came to prominence in the libertarian movement with his 1969 “Open Letter to Ayn Rand,” quickly establishing himself as a major thinker within the libertarian tradition, influenced by Ayn Rand, Ludwig von Mises, Rose Wilder Lane, Robert LeFevre, and Murray Rothbard.


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Israel Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War

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From the Foreword by Lawrence B. Wilkerson: “[T]he debate over whether oil was a principal reason for the 2003 invasion has waxed and waned, with one camp arguing that it absolutely was, while the other argues the precise opposite.” “Mr. Vogler, himself a former...

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