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The Kids Can’t Get Enough Murphy

Dennis Foster emails me (and gave permission to quote): Message: Hi Bob, I’ve had the pleasure of taking many of your on-line classes with the Mises Institute over the years (I can’t believe it’s actually been years!). In my Public Choice Theory class, we finish the semester with your Chaos Theory book, to illustrate the […]

“Fresh Air” Really Grinds My Gears

My inaugural article at LibertyChat, where I’ll be contributing weekly. An excerpt: Earlier this week I was listening to an interesting episode of the NPR show “Fresh Air.” The host, Terry Gross, was interviewing the New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins, who was recounting his experience in Iraq while he was researching his latest article. Filkins gave […]

Law Without the State? Murphy on Tom Woods Show

For those who prefer YouTube:

Tom Woods and I Talk Private Law

We didn’t cover everything in this episode, but enough. If you want some quick reads, I recommend (in this order) the following things that I have written: ==> “The Possibility of Private Law” ==> “But Wouldn’t Warlords Take Over?” ==> Chaos Theory: Two Essays on Market Anarchy

The Flotation Movement

[This story was inspired by my recent trip to the “Save Long Island” forum.–RPM] The Flotation Movement A Short Story by Bob Murphy Joseph looked out on the vast ocean, the cool night breeze whipping his hair as he drank the last of his six-pack on the top deck of the ocean liner. Joseph became […]

More on Drug Cartels and Private Law

I realized from the reaction of some people here that I did not assure readers I had fully understood Gene Callahan’s point, when he claimed that drug cartels today offer a real-world glimpse into what Rothbardian defense agencies would look like. So I wrote a follow-up post to be sure I acknowledged Gene’s exact point, […]

Where Are the Rothbardian Defense Agencies?

I answer Gene Callahan’s objections in this post at Mises Canada. An excerpt: As I said upfront, Callahan’s mistake here is forgivable, because even many Rothbardians have probably made it when discussing prohibition. So let me explain that intellectual error, then circle back to deal with Callahan. We all have the empirical evidence in front […]

Potpourri

==> Josie the Outlaw saunters into town, and lays her gold piece on the bar countertop. When the sheriff shows up, I hope he’s articulate and has really thought through his life choices. ==> More Bitcoin battling. Gary North is skeptical, Jeff Tucker is enthusiastic, and Roger Ver is loaded. ==> I’m a big Glenn […]