Clarifying Libertarian Theory with Stephan Kinsella
KOL185: Clarifying Libertarian Theory (Liberty.me, July 2014)
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 185.
From a Liberty.me seminar from July 14, 2014.
Clarifying Libertarian Theory with Stephan Kinsella
Everyone seem to have an opinion about what the “correct” libertarianism is. What are its limits? What are the areas in which libertarians get bogged down in semantic arguments and minutiae, and what are the arguments that really matter? Stephan Kinsella believes that he has the answers, and will share them Monday, July 14th at 9pm EDT!
https://www.stephankinsella.com/kinsella-on-liberty-podcast/
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 360.
Isaac Funderburk sent me this email:
"Hello, Mr. Kinsella! I'm an economics student in Tennessee looking to get involved in the discourse around Austrian economics and libertarianism, particularly through culture change and academic organizations. Would it be possible to talk for a few minutes sometime this weekend or next week?
"I'm currently working with Turning Point USA as a social media manager and event organizer for a local ambassador, and I am involved with the Libertarian Party in the area. I've been familiar with Austrian economics for years now, but I had the good fortune to get an Austrian economics professor this semester and he has influenced me to pursue connections within the Mises Institute. I came across the many Mises Institute lectures and articles, and realized this is something I could get behind.
"I've recently spoken to Dr. Jonathan Newman, Mr. Jeff Deist, and Dr. Patrick Newman. I'm interested in understanding contract theory on a deeper level and found your lectures on intellectual property to be insightful.
"Would it be possible to arrange a brief phone call this week? Thank you for your time."
We talked about college and what a libertarians goals should be, activism, careers, publishing, and economic and libertarian issues such as intellectual property.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC4g0vVepeI
Original podcast and additional notes available at http://www.stephankinsella.com/kinsella-on-liberty-podcast
My recent appearance on the Non-Aggression Podcast with host Mike Cuneo, aka 412 Libertarian. We talked about IP, Georgism, Stefan Molyneux’s use of the DMCA to do a copyright takedown of a critic on youtube, whether Hitler is responsible for the holocaust, and the like.
From his show notes:
IP And Beyond With Stephan Kinsella – Non-Aggression Podcast
kinsella
I had the pleasure of speaking at length with Stephan Kinsella, a patent attorney, libertarian author and scholar, and head of the Center For The Study of Innovative Freedom, or C4SIV.
Stephan also runs the site StephanKinsella.com
Causation and Aggression (free PDF file), the paper we spoke about in the later part of the podcast.
One of my favorite articles of all time, “What It Means To Be An Anarcho Capitalist.”
Kinsella is the author of the groundbreaking book “Against Intellectual Property”(freely available for download)
Here is the article that I alluded to when speaking about the marble statue example, as to why creation alone is not sufficient or necessary for ownership.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETkSvwiGXOQ
KOL404 | Webinar: How Humanity’s Progress Has Been Held Back: The Case Against IP (Intellectual Property) (Freedom Hub Working Group)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRm-PIxHS1Q
Original podcast and additional notes available at http://www.stephankinsella.com/kinsella-on-liberty-podcast
https://www.stephankinsella.com/paf-podcast/kol146-interview-of-williamson-evers-on-the-title-transfer-theory-of-contract/
Today I had a discussion with Williamson Evers, about his pathbreaking 1977 article Toward a Reformulation of the Law of Contracts, which was the first article ever published in the Journal of Libertarian Studies (Evers’s other JLS articles).
This article was relied on heavily by Rothbard, in ch. 19 of The Ethics of Liberty, “Property Rights and the Theory of Contracts.” I discuss this piece in detail in my 2003 JLS article A Libertarian Theory of Contract: Title Transfer, Binding Promises, and Inalienability, and I also discuss it in my post Justice and Property Rights: Rothbard on Scarcity, Property, Contracts….
A fascinating interview. We discussed the genesis of this important theory and related matters. I appreciate greatly Dr. Evers taking time to discuss this matter with me.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tIlPMJeilA
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 370.
Shownotes etc.: https://www.stephankinsella.com/paf-podcast/kol370-ask-me-anything-lib-right-league-discord-server/
Recorded Jan. 6, 2022.
Original youtube: https://youtu.be/dp5tkcNqwfs
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5M4aC6P10U
From my podcast, Kinsella on Liberty, episode 040. http://www.stephankinsella.com/paf-podcast/kol-040-discussion-with-a-pro-intellectual-property-libertarian
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VRnZrShI6k
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 348.
Recorded July 8, 2021.
https://www.stephankinsella.com/paf-podcast/kol348-how-would-people-save-in-a-bitcoin-world/
I sat down with my friend Aaron Voisine, of BRD (formerly Breadwallet), to discuss how the average worker/saver would invest and save in a Bitcoin world. Would they hold some stocks? Real estate? Bonds? Or would they keep close to 100% of their savings in cash, as many bitcoiners seem to assume? And related issues. I doubt people would keep most of their savings in cash since they would chase higher returns and also diversify away from some risks unique to monetary assets. Voisine dissents. I have questions, not answers, while Voisine thinks he has answers.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g24jBL81vQ8