Critiques Of Libertarianism
- Wide collection of internet resources opposing libertarianism, from both the left and right.
- http://world.std.com/~mhuben/libindex.html
Why Libertarianism Is Mistaken - An essay by Hugh LaFollette, originally published in "Justice and Economic Distribution", 1979. - http://www.stpt.usf.edu/hhl/papers/Why.Libertarianism.Is.Mistaken.pdf
Libertarianism or Libertinism? - Argues that libertarianism would disrupt the civilized order. - http://www.potowmack.org/libertin.html
What's wrong with libertarianism - Aims to prove that libertarianism is faulty by presenting the mistakes of the current government policies. - http://www.zompist.com/libertos.html
Salon: Twilight of the crypto-geeks - An article from Salon observing that some "lone-wolf digital libertarians" are beginning to suspect that some government interference might be needed. - http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/04/13/libertarians/index.html
How Free is the Free Market? - Article by Noam Chomky on freedom in the free market. - http://www.lipmagazine.org/articles/featchomsky_63.htm
Libertarianism Makes You Stupid - Seth Finkelstein assails key libertarian arguments. - http://sethf.com/essays/major/libstupid.php
Salon: Smashing the state - A Salon article highlighting the rise of right-libertarianism with critical remarks in the end. - http://www.salon.com/jan97/state970120.html
Why is libertarianism wrong? - Origins, background, values, effects, and defects of libertarianism. An essay by Paul Treanor. - http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/libertarian.html
Libertarians: The Enemy Within - An essay about the philosophical differences between libertarianism and conservatism. - http://www.umich.edu/~mrev/archives/1999/3-31-99/pg6.htm
Freedom Kills - Jonah Goldberg's critique on National Review. - http://www.nationalreview.com/goldberg/goldberg121201.shtml
Should We Give Up on Government? - Why libertarianism is not a biblical option. A critical opinion published in Christianity Today. - http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/8t3/8t3053.html
Economic Utopia and its Handmaidens - "Abstract utopias," says Evan Jones, are conjured by libertarian economists who act social engineers. - http://www.econ.usyd.edu.au/drawingboard/digest/0009/jones.html
Libertarianism: An Objective Evaluation - An objectivist/Randian criticism of nihilist and anarchist elements of libertarianism, and of the moralizing elements of the Ayn Rand Institute. - http://www.individualistvoice.com/libertarianism.html
A Philosophy for Teenagers - Goldberg's treatise, published on National Review. - http://www.nationalreview.com/goldberg/goldberg062201.shtml
ex-Libertarian - Yahoo group for recovering Libertarians. - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ex-Libertarian/