# Thomas Hodgskin: Libertarian Extraordinaire, Part 1

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/thomas-hodgskin-libertarian-extraordinaire-part-1>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** March 2, 2015

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Smith begins his series on Thomas Hodgskin, one of the most remarkable, if little known and unjustly neglected, libertarian thinkers of the nineteenth century.

[Originally published in essay form on May 29, 2012.](https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/excursions/thomas-hodgskin-libertarian-extraordinaire-part-1)

_Narrated by James Foster._