Here is the Libertarian Purity Test. If you think you might be a Libertarian but aren't sure why not give it a try? Of course it isn't black and white, you may find you have libertarian tendencies or that you are actually an authoritarian statist! Be warned it is American.

Yes, I thought I might have a go at this.  Some libertarian blogger or other, whose call sign, though well known to me, has slipped from my mind, commenting on something I wrote recently, somewhere, said something along the lines of: “There are lots of libertarian bloogers out there.  Lots of us.” Well, how many?  To put it another way, how well is the libertarian moveme...

Director’s Bulletin 14th February 2009Introduction Libertarian Alliance Publications Media Appearances Speaking Engagements Libertarian Alliance Events Libertarian Alliance Book Recommendation Libertarian Alliance Conference Negative Scanner Needed Introduction It is cold. I am working hard to finish a book before April. My Baby Bear is now running about the house with more hands than the av...

David Davis I might be accused by purists for appearing to dilute this blog’s objectives, which are arguably to disseminate Libertarian Ideas. In reply, (1) The Libertarian Alliance maintains a vast and growing archive which all of you know about at this address, and (2) I try to link posts to strands of applied libertarian involvement.

Link: Garbagegate - A Stealth Tax Compendium. Many scoffed at the the new Libertarian Party's first official policy - to abolish income tax. Yet their calculations suggested that, if UK government spending were reduced to the same level (in real...

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I don’t plan to go into over much depth regarding the point Letters from a Tory made regarding libertarian philosophy in this post. Not least because the Nameless Libertarian has already done so. So too has DK. The core issue being raised is; in a libertarian society, is state intervention the right thing when it comes

Guido makes a valid—if entirely obvious—point. Gove wants to take away our Nuts, IDS and Ed Vaizey think dads shouldn't be allowed to take their 14 year-old sons to see the latest Batman movie. It is particularly galling that Gove and Vaizey have previously projected themselves as on the libertarian side of the libertarian / authoritarian divide. Libertarian paternalism, government "nu...

A. When he's a landowner. In the comments, I suggested Land Value Tax as a free market solution to the question of whether the State should be allowed to permit ramblers access to coastal paths even where they cross somebody's land. I don't think that The State "should" as it happens, but as a quid pro quo, under LVT, landowners would pay extra for exclusive access to the view over ...

NEWS RELEASE FROM THE LIBERTARIAN ALLIANCE In Association with the Libertarian International Release Date: Tuesday 12th August 2008 Release Time: Immediate Contact Details: Dr Sean Gabb on 07956 472 199 or via sean@libertarian.co.uk For other contact and link details, see the foot of this message Release url: STATEMENT BY THE LIBERTARIAN ALLIANCE ON A PROPOSED NEW “BILL OF RIGHTS” FOR ...