Great column by the great Joe Stromberg, Liberventionism Rides Again. Discusses the problematic war/defense views of various libertarians and groups, including Brink Lindsey and others discussed here in recent blogs. For another critique of Lindsey, see Look Ma: Invisible Hands, by John T. Kennedy.
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Stephan Kinsella is a libertarian writer and retired patent attorney in Houston, Texas. He has published widely on various areas of libertarian legal theory and on legal topics such as intellectual property law and international law. His publications include Legal Foundations of a Free Society (Papinian Press, 2023), Against Intellectual Property (Mises Institute, 2008), International Investment, Political Risk, and Dispute Resolution: A Practitioner’s Guide (Oxford, 2020), and The Universal Principles of Liberty (2025).
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