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My JLS Atlas Shrugged Article, Finally!

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché November 12, 2009 @ 11:20 am Aristotelian Liberalism

The “final” issue of the Journal of Libertarian Studies is finally available online, although it looks like there will be one more final issue for all the other accepted but unpublished articles. This is the Atlas Shrugged Symposium issue, the last issue edited by Roderick Long, and I’m proud to say it includes an article [...]

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My dissertation is completed, approved and now online

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché January 21, 2009 @ 2:01 pm (Austrian) Economics

Well, I finally finished my dissertation and now it’s available online for anyone to read. I actually defended it on December 2nd. My committee approved it under the condition that I make some revisions, which is not an unusual occurrence. They mainly wanted me to flesh out and clarify some things in chapters five and [...]

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John C. Wright’s Austrian Anaylsis of the Financial Crisis

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché September 27, 2008 @ 1:34 pm (Austrian) Economics

At least one science fiction author has a pretty sound grasp of economic theory and history, and of the current financial crisis. Ludwig von Mises over half a century ago proved, beyond a shadow of doubt, that a little intervention in one sector of the economy creates an incentive for a lot of intervention in [...]

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A Brief Note on Robbins, Rand, and Atheism

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché August 14, 2008 @ 11:58 pm Ayn Rand

From Gary North’s obituary for John Robbins: Robbins first came to the attention of libertarians because of his self-published book, Answer to Ayn Rand (1974). He did not object to her defense of the free market. He objected to her epistemology, which rested on atheism. I can see why he would think that, since for [...]

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Ron Paul Discusses Ayn Rand and Alan Greenspan

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché December 19, 2007 @ 7:18 pm (Austrian) Economics
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John Galt vs. Fred Thompson

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché December 14, 2007 @ 4:46 pm Ayn Rand
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Rand on the Relationship between Values and Virtues

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché October 30, 2007 @ 12:43 pm Aristotelian Liberalism

I have uploaded a brief essay giving my interpretation of the relationship between values and virtues in Rand’s though. It was written to fulfill the writing assignment of the TAS/TOC 2007 Grad Student Summer Seminar I attended in August. Enjoy.

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Ron Paul’s son, Rand Paul, interviewed before debate.

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché June 30, 2007 @ 10:35 pm Ayn Rand

Ron Paul’s son’s name is Rand. That’s interesting.

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Libertarian F&SF Author John C. Wright

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché March 10, 2007 @ 9:44 pm Ayn Rand

There is a quasi-interview/article here at The Advocates for Self-Government website. See, also, Wright’s page on SFF.net. I have only read Wright’s Golden Age trilogy, not any of his other novels. I can say that I greatly enjoyed the trilogy. Not only is it good science fiction but it is explicitly libertarian science fiction. There [...]

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Ayn Rand Interviews on YouTube

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché March 10, 2007 @ 12:27 pm Ayn Rand

Mike Wallace Interview (1959) Donahue Interview And there is some commentary over at the Mises Econ Blog.

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