# Instead of a Review: A Commentary on Libertarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know, by Jason Brennan

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/instead-of-a-review-a-commentary-on-libertarianism-what-everyone-needs-to-know-by-jason-brennan>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** August 12, 2015

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Smith begins his critical examination of Jason Brennan’s recent book with a discussion of the label “libertarianism” and its relationship to classical liberalism.

[Originally published in essay form on November 27, 2012.](https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/instead-review-commentary-libertarianism-what-everyone-needs-know-jason-brennan)

_Narrated by James Foster._