Jane Jacobs (1916–2006)

Jane Jacobs (1916–2006)

Author: Jeff Riggenbach April 22, 2011 Duration: 0:00
Jacobs was a libertarian whether she knew it or not. The conclusions she drew were Misesian, just in a different way. Jacobs has also been compared to Hayek. Her The Death & Life of Great American Cities told essentially the same story as Hayek's The Use of Knowledge in Society.

In The Libertarian Tradition, Jeff Riggenbach draws from his extensive background as a journalist, author, editor, broadcaster, and educator to explore the philosophical and historical roots of libertarian thought. This podcast delves into the ideas and figures, both famous and overlooked, who have shaped this enduring political tradition. Riggenbach’s approach is that of a seasoned storyteller and analyst, offering listeners a deep, narrative-driven examination of concepts like individual liberty, free markets, and limited government. Each episode is built on rigorous research and presented with a clear, engaging delivery, moving beyond abstract theory to connect principles to real-world events and intellectual history. You’ll hear detailed discussions that trace the evolution of libertarianism, analyzing its key texts and the context from which they emerged. The podcast serves as an audio library and commentary, where complex ideas are made accessible without being diluted. For anyone curious about the foundations of this ideology, The Libertarian Tradition provides a substantive, thoughtful resource. It’s a series for those who prefer their exploration of political philosophy to be thorough, well-reasoned, and free from partisan soundbites, all guided by Riggenbach’s knowledgeable perspective.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 81

The Libertarian Tradition
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Harry Browne and Andrew J. Galambos [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Browne is known as the libertarian investment guru who wrote books like How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World.Galambos was the unknown libertarian, but those who met him and the students in his courses seemed profoundly…
Mr. Libertarian, Murray N. Rothbard [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Five figures starred in Radicals for Capitalism by Brian Doherty: Mises, Hayek, Friedman, Rand, and Rothbard. But, by the 1970s the irrepressible Rothbard became the indisputable Mr. Libertarian.
Thomas Paine: From Pirate to Revolutionary [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Paine became a privateer in 1753 to locate and rob enemy ships in order to escape his family business - corset making. The blunt but brilliant Paine was helped by Benjamin Franklin to join the American Revolution as edit…
Yevgeny Zamyatin: Libertarian Novelist [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Ultimately, he and the woman are caught, imprisoned, and tortured. In the end, he is sincerely repentant of his crimes and is completely devoted to the all-encompassing government that has done him all this harm.
Conspiracy Theories, History, and The State [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Obama's White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs is run by Cass Sunstein. Sunstein and Vermeule's paper on conspiracies theories, e.g. JFK, TWA 800, global warming fraud, MLK killed by feds,concludes that…
Isabel Paterson: Early Libertarian [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Autodidactic influential libertarian, Isabel Paterson is best known for The God of the Machine (1943). Ayn Rand contributed ideas to it but continued to learn from Paterson both politics and history. Rand rescued the boo…
J.R.R. Tolkien as Libertarian [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Tolkien's Lord of the Rings is thought to be the greatest work of the 20th century with 150 million readers. The book's thesis - Evil power cannot be defeated by power - is libertarian.
A Toast to Lysander Spooner [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Spooner was an American individualist anarchist with radical opinions on everything. His true calling was writing pamphlets and books on issues of the day. His most famous work was The Unconstitutionality of Slavery. No…
Ayn Rand and the Early Libertarian Movement [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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In Ayn Rand and the World She Made Heller goes to bat for Rand as a fiction writer. Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right by Jennifer Burns is a poorer book because it is confused.
A History of Ayn Rand [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Ayn Rand's books sell between eight hundred thousand and a million copies a year. Her first novel We the Living was admired by Mencken. Night of January 16th opened on Broadway. Her major novel The Fountainhead (1943) wa…