Individualists radicals reactionaries and the struggle for the soul libertarianism, the coauthor matt zwolinski, who was also professor of philosophy at the university of san diego. Professor, what are you trying to accomplish in this book . The individualists. So this book is the First Comprehensive history libertarian ideas from, the middle of the 19th century, up to the present day. And if theres one overarching idea in about that history, its that no matter how many libertarians, you know, no matter how many libertarians you love or hate or have argued with libertarianism is much, much more diverse than you probably think. And so we try to show that diversity through the whole history, both to shed light on the current state of the libertarian and future possibilities. Libertarian thought. Are you a libertarian . Im a libertarian of sorts, but it depends a lot on what you mean by libertarian ism, which is the issue that john tomasi and i struggle with a deal in writing this book. I
The individualists. So this book is the First Comprehensive history libertarian ideas from, the middle of the 19th century, up to the present day. And if theres one overarching idea in about that history, its that no matter how many libertarians, you know, no matter how many libertarians you love or hate or have argued with libertarianism is much, much more diverse than you probably think. And so we try to show that diversity through the whole history, both to shed light on the current state of the libertarian and future possibilities. Libertarian thought. Are you a libertarian . Im a libertarian of sorts, but it depends a lot on what you mean by libertarian ism, which is the issue that john tomasi and i struggle with a deal in writing this book. It turns out to be a much harder term to pin down than might expect. And before we get into the book, who is your coauthor . John tomasi . John tomasi was professor of political theory at university, but he has since moved on and he is now the
The individualists. So this book is the First Comprehensive history libertarian ideas from, the middle of the 19th century, up to the present day. And if theres one overarching idea in about that history, its that no matter how many libertarians, you know, no matter how many libertarians you love or hate or have argued with libertarianism is much, much more diverse than you probably think. And so we try to show that diversity through the whole history, both to shed light on the current state of the libertarian and future possibilities. Libertarian thought. Are you a libertarian . Im a libertarian of sorts, but it depends a lot on what you mean by libertarian ism, which is the issue that john tomasi and i struggle with a deal in writing this book. It turns out to be a much harder term to pin down than might expect. And before we get into the book, who is your coauthor . John tomasi . John tomasi was professor of political theory at university, but he has since moved on and he is now the
Charm. Tonight, i think we will see definitive proof of that assertion when he presents his third Kansas City Public Library talk and barely more than 18 months. This time, he is offering an original treatise on economist Milton Friedman, the nobel prizewinning intellectual architect of the free market reforms of the postworld war ii era. Today, as it happens, would have been dr. Friedmans 102nd birthday. I have no doubt it will be marks best presentation yet. So you might ask, why am i willing to go out on a limb this way . As an economist might put it, on the one hand, according to the website, superscholar. Org, mark is one of the top 20 living economists in the world. I guess that designation is a gentle way of reminding us that as the no longer living economist John Maynard Keynes famously said, in the long run, were all dead. But i digress. Marks topranked status was echoed by a columnist for scientific american, who recently wrote that he has emerged as one of the clearest write
I feel like i should be selling sham wow. [laughter] jonah it is great to be here. I used to do these every summer, then i started going on three state killing sprees instead. So it was a long, generous introduction, but as those of you who have heard me speak before no, if it is not brought up, how always feel compelled to do it myself when the l. A. Times picked me up as a columnist, Barbra Streisand publicly canceled her subscription in protest. It does not get better for me then not in my line of work, soil is thought i should have retired on a high note. If i dont bring it up, who will . I have been buried working on a new book in my house sort of like a Howard Hughes with kleenex boxes. I shouldnt do a lot of dead dog jokes, some of you know i am a huge dog guy. I love my wife, i love my daughter, but it is my dogs that get me out of bed every morning. [laughter] jonah i mean that literally, not the way joe biden means figuratively. [laughter] jonah anyway, where to begin . I kno