The Cato Institute.
A libertarian quasi-academic think-tank which acts as a mouthpiece for the
globalism, corporatism, and neoliberalism of its corporate and conservative
funders.
Freedom Through Technology.
Cypherpunks, high-tech libertarians, and various others mistakenly think
technology will eliminate the need for government (if not outright
eliminate government.)
David Friedman.
An anarcho-capitalist libertarian whose ideas undermine most libertarian's
philosophy. His writings and criticisms of them.
Is Medieval Iceland an example of "anarcho"-capitalism working in practice?
An excellent left-libertarian refutation of this position. Part of An
Anarchist FAQ Webpage. Some rebuttals are available at David Friedman's
home page.
Is "anarcho"-capitalism a type of anarchism?
Description (and criticism) of the differences between left libertarianism
and anarcho-capitalism (right libertarianism.)
Ayn Rand and the perversion of libertarianism.
The Myth of "Natural Law".
Iain MacSaorsa trashes Rothbard and other users of "natural law".
Ecology or "anarcho" capitalism.
Chile, capitalism and liberty for the rich.
Iain MacSaorsa debunks libertarian claims of great benefits to Chile.
Capitalism, Right Libertarianism and the problem of "externalities?"
The Myths of "Libertarian" economics.
Is "anarcho" capitalism against the state?
Libertarianism: Bogus Anarchy.
by Peter Sabatini.
Capitalism, Right Libertarianism and the problem of "externalities?"
Gary Elkin's brief explanation of the problems capitalism causes for ecology.
How a Libertarian Capitalist Became a Libertarian Socialist.
Observation of real-world corporate behavior helped.
Anarcho-Hucksters
An anarchist explains why anarcho-capitalism is not truly anarchist, and is
generally undesirable to most people.
http://world.std.com/~mhuben/leftlib.html
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Austrian Economics.
A fringe academic view which is greatly preferred by many libertarians on
ideological grounds.
Libertarian Economic Experiments.
Chile and New Zealand are often cited by libertarians as sites of
successful libertarian economic reform. They tend to cite a few "benefits",
but there are many downsides....
The Pinnochio Theory
Richard Barbrook's very harsh review of Kevin Kelly's "Out of Control: the
New Biology of Machines".
Cyberlibertarian Myths And The Prospects For Community
Langdon Winner punctures some of the electronic community promises, and
describes some forthcoming effects on our physical communities.
Old Rules for the New Economy
J. Bradford DeLong's criticisms of the economic naivete of Kevin Kelly's
"New Rules for the New Economy".
A Critique of Barlow's "A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace"
Reilly Jones' Extropy article lambasting the otherworldlyness of the rather
ludicrous declaration.
Twilight of the crypto-geeks.
Ellen Ullman's Salon sees a pattern of lone-wolf digital libertarians
beginning to abandon their faith in technology uber alles and espouse
suspiciously socialist-sounding ideas.
Of greed, technolibertarianism and geek omnipotence.
An interview with Paulina Borsook about her book "Cyberselfish", where she
skewers high-tech libertarianism.
There are right wing and statist arguments against the crypto-fascists but
they're not necessary and some are just plain wrong,eg.
Assassination Politics
Convicted tax evader Jim Bell proposes a system of anonymous ecash awards
for the murder of "aggressors", such as IRS agents. See also Crypto-Convict
Won't Recant. What he misses is that his system, if tolerated, would merely
force government to operate secretly rather than openly.
Actually that's not 'wrong' and should be seen as good thing,right?
http://world.std.com/~mhuben/cypher.html
