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Chris Rossini: My Evolution to Libertarianism...And How It Led To A Job With Robert Wenzel

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WASHINGTON Rebecca Coates used to call herself a Republican, but increasingly found she had to be more specific.

"For a long time I thought I was a Republican, but I was always having to add addendums like, 'I'm Republican, but I think drugs should be legal,' or 'I'm Republican, but I don't want us to be at war overseas,' "' said Coates, a student at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and a member of the campus's College Libertarians.

Across much of the country, libertarianism is attracting college students and others looking for an alternative. Libertarianism is becoming especially popular among younger voters, many of whom are tired of the stalemate between Republicans and Democrats in Washington, as evidenced by the 16-day government shutdown.

"I think the congressional dysfunction ... only makes people more interested in other viewpoints," said Michael Ben-Horin, a Students For Liberty campus coordinator for the Mid-Atlantic region and president of the George Washington University College Libertarians.

A 2011 Pew Research Center Poll found that 9 percent of Americans identify as libertarian.

The growth in popularity of libertarianism seems to be closely related to the emergence of the tea party movement.

Theda Skocpol, professor of politics and sociology at Harvard University, co-authored 'The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism' in 2011, and discovered an overlap between tea party and libertarian identification.

"When we did our research in 2011 ... we found that as many as 40 percent of (tea party supporters) in Virginia considered themselves libertarian," Skocpol said.

In this year's Virginia governor's race, Libertarian Party candidate Robert Sarvis was third with 11 percent in an Oct. 15 poll by Christopher Newport University's Judy Ford Watson Center for Public Policy.

Libertarians in the United States are predominantly male, highly critical of government and disapproving of social welfare programs, according to the Pew poll, although some libertarians find that definition stifling and inaccurate.

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With its charts, graphs, and vertiginous dives into the busts and booms of U.S. history, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspans latest book tries to assess how no one not even the Maestro himself could predict the Great Recession.

But The Map and the Territory offers everything dismal science fans could ask for. Except, maybe, an apology.

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Since his book was released earlier this month, Mr. Greenspan has also taken some criticism for not being aggressive enough in taking on the growing economic threat. But as he argues, that wobbly foundation underneath the housing bubble was laid before he took over chairmanship of the Federal Reserve in 1987.

Moreover, the Fed doesnt police miscreants of the financial sector.

If that sounds like a deflection, the 87-year-old Maestro of Libertarianism shows remarkable philosophical flexibility. Contrary to what he believed earlier, this Ayn Rand admirer isnt so sure that bankers can act in their own self-interest without doing harm to others.

Although he has great faith in self-regulation, he is calling for much higher capital requirements from banks.

A critic of John Maynard Keynes, Mr. Greenspan now believes that behavioural psychology should play a key role in predicting markets. And troubled by the growing obligations of entitlements, the prophet of Boom sounds a little more like the Oracle of Doom.

Mr. Greenspan spoke with The Globe and Mail on Monday about public opinion of him since the financial crisis of 2008.

You sound surprised that Americans are demanding contrition from you. If not you, where should they redirect their frustrations?

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Ron Paul Defines Libertarianism - Charlie Rose Economic Monitor 2014

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A Discussion On American Libertarianism
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Lone Liberal - 600 dogs dying proves libertarianism doesn #39;t work
Kris Ullman, Conservative Commentator / Activist Neil McCabe, Guns Patriots Newsletter joins Thom Hartmann.

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Roderick Long on Objections to Libertarianism, Transitioning to Free(d) Markets, and More
Before his speech to the 2013 Students for Liberty Dallas Regional Conference, libertarian scholar Roderick Long answered some common objections to libertari...

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Todays kind of a big deal over at Libertarianism.org.

To start with, the Cato Institutes resource on the theory and history of liberty unveiled a completely new look, one designed from the ground up to work great on mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. And we created a new way to browse all of Libertarianism.orgs content from within a single, intuitive interface.

Weve also launched Libertarianism.orgs first podcast, Free Thoughts. Hosted by Trevor Burrus and me, its a bi-weekly discussion show about libertarianism and the ideas that influence it. The first episode is on politics and community and the relationship between them. In the coming weeks, well have episodes on money and political speech, commodication, Robert NozicksAnarchy, State, and Utopia, and much more. You can subscribe in iTunesor via RSS.

Finally, today we published the 100th Excursions essay from George H. Smith. Smith is an authority on libertarian intellectual history and author of the new bookThe System of Liberty: Themes in the History of Classical Liberalism.Every week for the last two years, Libertarianism.org has published a new essay from Smith. His 100th looks at Adam Smith, standing armies, and competition in education.

Its an exciting day for Libertarianism.org. And weve got much more to come.

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ayn rand was refuted and thus libertarianism in general by empirical science and properly understood
180 degrees from the truth. Ayn rand was not only wrong. What calls truth is pure horseshit. all i can say to ayn rand is thank you for NOTHING. your books a...

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Sandel #39;s Justice Chapter 3: Libertarianism
Brief lecture on Michael Sandel #39;s Justice: What #39;s the Right Thing to Do? -- chapter on Libertarianism.

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