Justice, Prosperity, Responsibility, Tolerance, Cooperation, and Peace.

John Adams–lawyer, political theorist, revolutionary, and president–left a complicated legacy.

Thomas Paine was one of the first people to argue in favor of what we now refer to as universal basic income.

Do we really need (or want) the State to provide us with digital identification?

While Karl Marx hated Pierre‐​Joseph Proudhon and his philosophy of mutualism, a libertarian can find in it much to appreciate.

The appeal of contrarianism too often leads libertarians to make libertarian solutions less likely.

Social media can expand our ability to sympathize with others, but it also makes it easy to dehumanize them.

White owned newspapers often ignored or downplayed racism. However, the Chicago Defender, a paper run by black people for black readers, turned the public spotlight on systemic discrimination against black workers and veterans.

The counter‐​majoritarian and anti‐​democratic nature of the federal court system was originally intended to act as a safeguard for the rights of minority groups.

In the pages of Benjamin Tucker’s periodical Liberty, James L. Walker defended a brand of egoism similar to Max Stirner’s.

Madam C.J. Walker was a brilliant, rags‐​to‐​riches entrepreneur who helped thousands of black women improve their lives and challenged racial segregation.

Gaston envisioned a world in which black Americans were sovereign, morally free, and equal.

A just society requires just institutions.

Tolkien’s political views are surprisingly compatible with libertarian philosophy.

The key to thinking like an economist is to ask: Is it worth it? As compared to what?

There are a lot of similarities in the two ideologies’ critiques of power and domination, but great differences in how they view state vs. market power. Yet both can learn from each other.