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Kinsella On Liberty
by Stephan Kinsella
Austro-Anarchist Libertarian Legal Theory
Episodes
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KOL503 | The Bitcoin Group #505: Strong Forecasts – Back Empire – Salvador Stable – Trump Wanes
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 503. https://www.youtube.com/live/fofM1rmyE2M?si=R_Xfl7Qf1lNFvh3_ I was a guest recently (Oct. 2, 2026) on The Bitcoin Group #505, on the World Crypto Network (Youtube channel), hosted by Thomas Hunt. (Apple podcasts; Madbitcoins). Panelists: Stephan Kinsella...
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KOL502 | Abolish Intellectual Property? Stephan Kinsella on Objectively Speaking: Scarcity, Negative Servitudes, IP, Objectivism, AI Copyright, and Bitcoin Ownership
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 502. Cross-posted at PFS Blog. This is my conversation on Liquid Zulu's Twitter Space (@PunishedZulu), recorded Oct. 12, 2026. Topics discussed include why property rights require scarcity, the case against IP as non-consensual negative servitudes, critiques…
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KOL501 | Stephan Kinsella (The Kinsellanator) returns to dispense some White Pills, with Mark Maresca of The White Pillbox: Próspera and Free Cities, PFS, Helsinki, Bitcoin, Why the State Is Fragile, Way-Station Libertarians, Anarchism, and IP
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 501. This is my discussion with Mark Maresca, of The White Pillbox, about my recent travels: episode. (Previous episode: Kinsella as “White Pill”: Maresca, “From the White-PillBox: Part 29. Achilles Heel edition 3”; KOL473 | The Universal Principles of…
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KOL500 | Libertad Individual Interview: Rothbard’s Framework, Legal Theory, Property Rights, Contract, Intellectual Property, Corporations, and More
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 500. Jorge Muñoz, host of the Libertad Individual Youtube channel, interviewed me recently: The Case Against Intellectual Property (Sept. 3, 2026; recorded Sept. 1, 2026). Shownotes and transcript below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRaylVL2ptc Shownotes:...
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KOL499 | “Why is Austrian Economics Important?” BTCHEL Helsinki
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 499. I was invited by Knut Svanholm months ago (I appeared on his show earlier this year; see KOL484 | Praxeology, Property Rights & Bitcoin: Bitcoin Infinity Show #192, with Knut Svanholm) to participate in the Nordic Bitcoin Conference, or BTCHEL (perma) in...
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KOL498 | Adolf Reinach and his “On the Concept of Causality in the Criminal Law”
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 498 This is my speech delivered this morning at the 2026 Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Adolf Reinach and his "On the Concept of Causality in the Criminal Law." It is based in part on Kinsella, "Causation and Aggression," Hoppe,...
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KOL497 | Debate: “Should Free Cities Protect Intellectual Property?” Free Cities Foundation Annual Conference — Próspera, Honduras 2026
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 497. Yesterday (Sep. 5, 2026) I participated in the debate: “Should Free Cities Protect Intellectual Property?” with IP attorney Brian O’Beirne, moderated by Tipolis CFO Alex Voss, at the Free Cities Foundation annual Conference, Próspera, Honduras, Sept. 4–7...
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KOL496 | Matt Sands and Kinsella on the Universal Principles of Liberty and the Nations of Sanity “Peace Agreement”
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 496. Matt Sands of the Nations of Sanity project and I discuss the possible interrelationship between his project and my The Universal Principles of Liberty. Recorded Aug. 14, 2026. https://youtu.be/ET2ucqFU7Ak?si=VVcdipDX-umElPxR Related The Universal...
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KOL495 | “Rothbard’s Revolutionary Contract Theory,” Sociedad de la Libertad Latam (Peru): Rothbard 100: A Legacy for Future Generations
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 495. Lecture, "Rothbard’s Revolutionary Contract Theory," "Liberté Tribute to Rothbard on his Centenary: Rothbard 100: A Legacy for Future Generations," Sociedad de la Libertad Latam (SdL) (a Latin American think tank based in Lima, Peru) and the 5th American...
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KOL494 | Schweizer Monat with Alex Buxeda Interview: Intellectual Property and Property Rights
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 494. This is my interview by Alex Buxeda of at Schweizer Monat [Swiss Monthly; linktree]; recorded June 22, 2026. Youtube shownotes: Stephan Kinsella, patent attorney, legal theorist, and one of the leading critics of intellectual property sits with Alex…
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KOL493 | Rothbard’s Greatest Hits: A Personal Mix Tape (Porto, Portugal)
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 493. This is my talk "Rothbard’s Greatest Hits: A Personal Mix Tape," delivered at “100 Years with Rothbard,” Porto, Portugal, June 27, 2026 (iPhone audio). https://youtu.be/1hNkL_a3Pcc?si=hzYou5BvUTpZvenl This was a simply wonderful event. As noted here, 100...
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KOL492 | Menger Institute Podcast #6: Property Rights, Patents, Anarchy, Patents, Anarchy, Technology, Long-Term Hope for Freedom and the Technological Death of the State
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 492. https://youtu.be/wORPhS6dTv4?si=m01gSOxqjHJ3vDEW This is my interview by Matthew Geiger of the Carl Menger Institute for Menger Institute Podcast #6 (recorded June 11, 2026). Shownotes and transcript below. Related tweet: at 13:20, defending the late...
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KOL491 | Trying to Persuade Paul Cwik of the Case Against IP
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 491. https://youtu.be/lfjpoKCWBDA I've known Paul Cwik, Professor of Economics and Finance at the University of Mount Olive and fellow of the Mises Institute since I started attending the Austrian Scholars Conference in 1995. He is an Austrian and libertarian…
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KOL490 | Libertarian Christian Institute: Rothbard at 100: Why His Ideas Still Matter, with Stephan Kinsella
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 490. This is my interview by Cody Cook (@CantusFirmusCC) of the Libertarian Christian Institute (@LCIOfficial), whose show I've been on previously, (( KOL388 | Cantus Firmus with Cody Cook: Against Intellectual Property. )) and whose book, Faith Seeking…
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KOL489 | The Problem with Intellectual Property (Audio)
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 489. “The Problem with Intellectual Property,” audio. Thanks to Jorge Besada, using AI. I think this is my best comprehensive, recent, yet concise take on IP. From Stephan Kinsella, “The Problem with Intellectual Property,” Papinian Press Working Paper #2 (May...
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KOL488 | My Years with the Mises Institute
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 488. Audio version of Stephan Kinsella, “My Years with the Mises Institute,” Property and Freedom Journal (May 2, 2026). Audio prepared with AI by Jorge Besada. Related: Hans-Hermann Hoppe, “Mises Institute: Quo Vadis?: Postscript,” Property and Freedom…
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KOL487 | Stephan Kinsella, “Mises, Rothbard, Hoppe: An Indispensable Framework” (Rothbard at 100)
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 487. Also podcast as Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 323. AI-assisted audio narration of the main chapters of Rothbard at 100: A Tribute and Assessment (Papinian Press and The Saif House, 2026) is available at this PFS Youtube Playlist; the mp3 files may...
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KOL486 | Mark Edge Show: Kinsella, Hoppe, Mises Institute
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 486. https://youtu.be/olnDr8mDjlQ?si=mmoYBJWM_8yzmd1t This is my appearance on the Mark Edge show. Shownotes: Mark Edge invites libertarian legal theorist and retired patent attorney Stephan Kinsella to unpack the stunning April 1st memo from the Mises…
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KOL485 | The Brownstone Show, with Jeffrey Tucker: Defamation and Intellectual Property
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 485. My recent appearance on The Brownstone Show, Ep. 17 (twitter video). https://youtu.be/n_HE_nXf3aM?si=3eYpF5jW5HadXwJD&t=1942 From Brownstone's shownotes: Jeffrey Tucker sits down with Stephan Kinsella...libertarian attorney, author of the seminal 2001…
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KOL484 | Praxeology, Property Rights & Bitcoin: Bitcoin Infinity Show #192, with Knut Svanholm
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 484. Praxeology, Property Rights & Bitcoin with Stephan Kinsella | Bitcoin Infinity Show #192. With Knut Svanholm. Recorded Jan. 20, 2026. My shownotes and transcript below. Knut's Shownotes: Stephan Kinsella joins the Bitcoin Infinity Show to talk about why...
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KOL483 | The Economics and Ethics of Intellectual Property, Loyola University—New Orleans
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 483. I delivered the following lecture yesterday: “The Economics and Ethics of Intellectual Property,” Loyola Economics Club and Louisiana Mu chapter of Omicron Delta Epsilon, Loyola University—New Orleans, Miller Hall (12:30 pm–1:45 pm, Feb. 24, 2026). Hosts...
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KOL482 | A Tour Through Walter Block’s Oeuvre: Audio
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 482. Audio version of “A Tour Through Walter Block’s Oeuvre,” in Walter Block – Anarcho-Capitalist Austro-Libertarian, Elvira Nica & Gheorghe H. Popescu, eds. (Addleton Academic Publishers, 2025). Thanks to George Besada. Made this audio...
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KOL481 | Haman Nature Hn 200: 200th Episode Livestream Celebration!
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 481. This is my appearance on Adam Haman’s podcast and Youtube channel, Haman Nature (Haman Nature substack), a special 200th Episode Livestream Celebration! It features regular hosts Adam Haman and Tyrone, and other previous guests (recorded Feb. 7, 2026;...
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KOL480 | The Liberland Constitution and Libertarian Principles (Liberland Prague, 2025)
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 480. This is my talk at the Liberland Constitution Christmas Party Prague 2025, Dec. 19, 2025, based on the article below, which will be included in the book based on the proceedings, First Constitutional Convention of the Free Republic of Liberland, Vít...
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KOL479 | Co-Ownership Revisited: Property Rights, Exclusion, Contracts, and Edge Cases, with Nick Sinard
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 479. Related: Libertarian Answer Man: Restrictive Covenants and Homeowners Associations (HOAs) Libertarian Answer Man: Restrictive Covenants, Reserved Rights, and Copyright KOL479 | Co-Ownership Revisited: Property Rights, Exclusion, Contracts, and Edge Cases,...
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KOL478 | Haman Nature Hn 185: The Universal Principles of Liberty
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 478. Related: The Universal Principles of Liberty Announcing the Universal Principles of Liberty Fusillo on the Universal Principles of Liberty and Liberland KOL473 | The Universal Principles of Liberty, with Mark Maresca of The White Pillbox Selling Does Not...
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KOL477 | Alex Anarcho Reads and Comments on Against Intellectual Property: Libertarian Perspectives on IP (Part 2)
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 477. As mentioned in the previous episode (KOL476), Alex Anarcho has begun a narration of Against Intellectual Property, with interspersed commentary. He has so far narrated the first two sections the first of which, "Summary of IP Law," was in KOL476. This...
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KOL476 | Alex Anarcho Reads and Comments on Against Intellectual Property: Summary of IP Law (Part 1)
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 476. Alex Anarcho has begun a narration of Against Intellectual Property, with interspersed commentary. (I appeared on his podcast previously; see KOL444 | Property Rights, Bitcoin, Ideas & Fungibility, with AlexAnarcho.) He has so far narrated the first two...
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KOL475 | Guest Lecture: Intellectual Property: Principles of Austrian Economics II | ECON104 (Saifedean Ammous and Saylor Academy)
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 475. This is my guest lecture for Saifedean Ammous's course Principles of Austrian Economics II | ECON104 (recorded May 7, 2020, I believe), also now on Saylor Academy. Transcript and summary and other notes below. KOL441 | The Bitcoin Standard Podcast with...
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KOL474 | Where The Common Law Goes Wrong (PFS 2025)
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 474. “Where The Common Law Goes Wrong,” 2025 Annual Meeting, Property and Freedom Society, Bodrum, Turkey (Sep. 19, 2025). Also at PFP297 | Stephan Kinsella, Where The Common Law Goes Wrong (PFS 2025). Below are my notes, Shownotes provided by Grok, and the...
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KOL473 | The Universal Principles of Liberty, with Mark Maresca of The White Pillbox
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 473. https://youtu.be/soyywXASOh4?si=pHKdf6awiCXOqXGV From The White Pillbox, Stephan Kinsella's Universal Principles of Liberty. This is my discussion with Mark Maresca, of The White Pillbox, about The Universal Principles of Liberty. (Previous episode:...
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KOL470 | Intellectual Property & Rights: Ayn Rand Fan Club 92 with Scott Schiff
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 470. From my appearance on the Ayn Rand Fan Club with Scott Schiff and William. Their Shownotes: Patent attorney, Libertarian & Ayn Rand fan Stephan Kinsella joins William & Scott to talk about his history in the liberty world and his unique view that property...
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KOL469 | Haman Nature Hn 149: Tabarrok on Patents, Price Controls, and Drug Reimportation
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 469. Related: Tabarrok and Murphy: Why Are US Drug Prices So High? Pharmaceutical Shills and Think Tank Corruption: Sally Pipes’s The World’s Medicine Chest: How America Achieved Pharmaceutical Supremacy―and How to Keep It This is my appearance on Adam Haman’s...
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KOL467 | Discussing AI and IP with Juani from Argentina
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 467. I was asked one Juani (@witheredsummer), an Argentinian Voluntarist, on Twitter and then later via email, to review his draft article "Ideas Are Free: A Case Against Intellectual Property" (text below) (I note that perhaps ironically, this title is almost...
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KOL466 | On IP Reform and Improving IP law
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 466. https://youtu.be/JAwxQTrPDII Re .@NSKinsella has proposed a number of patent reforms if we decide as a society not to abolish the patent system. This is, in my view, a more plausible way forward (politically) instead of demanding the abolition of...
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KOL465: Sheldon Richman on Corporations, Limited Liability, Price Controls, Thickism, Abortion, Pipes
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 465. Update: Economics Isn’t “About” Anything!, 03/02/2026 • Power & Market Ash Navabi On stupid and confused "thickism" see various posts under tag thickism, and Cory Massimino, "Libertarianism is More than Anti-Statism," C4SS (April 8th, 2014). GROK…
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KOL464 | Law, Rights and Hoppe | Tyrants’ Den Ep 4
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 464. I appeared on the new show Tyrant's Den a few days ago. It was released today (May 2, 2025) along with the other initial episodes. Chat GPT shownotes: In this engaging episode of The Tyrants' Den, host and guest delve into a wide-ranging discussion with...
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KOL463 | Contracts, Usury, Fractional-Reserve Banking with André Simoni
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 463. Update: See also KOL338 | Human Action Podcast Ep. 308 with Jeff Deist: Rothbard on Punishment, Property, and Contract and this Grok analysis of various problems with smart contracts including the fact that most loans are unsecured. A followup discussion...
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KOL462 | CouchStreams After Hours on Break the Cycle with Joshua Smith (2021): Hoppe’s Michael Malice Helicopter Photo, Scooter Rides with Sammeroff, Mises Caucus Hopes, the Loser Brigade
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 462. I previously appeared on Joshua Smith's Break the Cycle, in July 2021 (KOL349 | CouchStreams Ep 58 on Break the Cycle with Joshua Smith). I had forgotten but we also did a short "CouchStreams After Hours" segment for subscribers which was, and still is,...
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KOL461 | Haman Nature Hn 119: Atheism, Objectivism & Artificial Intelligence
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 461. Related: Paul Kogos: Refuting Kinsella’s Atheism Mises on God God as Slaveowner; Conversations with Murphy Bob Murphy show, Ep. 88 Ludwig von Mises versus God “Can God Own Your Soul?” Timothy Terrell, “Property Rights and Externality: The Ethics of the...
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KOL460 | Rant about the “China is Stealing Our IP” Myth
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 460. I mean the title says it all. I kept getting interrupted by calls and deliveries. Oh well, what you gonna do. Links/Resourceshttps://youtu.be/rnDe920Ce40 China and IP "Theft" Lacalle on China and IP “Theft” All-In Podcast Concern over China and IP “Theft”...
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KOL459 | Twitter Spaces: Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk, Libertarian Property Rights, and the Case for Abolishing Intellectual Property
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 459. In response to lots of froth on Twitter related to Jack Dorsey's call to "delete all IP law," which was echoed by Elon Musk (Musk and Dorsey: “delete all IP law”) I decided to attempt to host an impromptu Twitter Spaces about this. After overcoming some...
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KOL458 | Patent and Copyright versus Innovation, Competition, and Property Rights (APEE Guatemala 2025)
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 458. The meat of this talk is only about 15 minutes, if you skip the first couple minutes of setup and the Q&A at the end. See also Self-Ownership, Natural Rights, Estoppel (CEES Guatemala 2025) GROK SHOWNOTES: In this episode of the Kinsella on Liberty…
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KOL457 | Sheldon Richman & IP; Andre from Brazil re Contract Theory, Student Loan Interest Payments, Bankruptcy, Vagueness, Usury
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 457. I had been meaning to talk to my old friend Sheldon Richman, of the Libertarian Institute and TGIF column, about his own IP Odyssey, as he's always been great on this issue, (( My IP Odyssey; as quoted in “Your failed business model is not my problem”;...
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KOL456 | Haman Nature Hn 109: Philosophy, Rights, Libertarian and Legal Careers
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 456. Related Stephan Kinsella, “My Years with the Mises Institute,” Property and Freedom Journal (May 2, 2026) Biographical pieces, including: Alan D. Bergman, Adopting Liberty: The Stephan Kinsella Story (Papinian Press, 2025) KOL028 | The Liberty Movement,...
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KOL455 | Interview with my Patent Mentor, Bill Norvell, about Patent Law and Our Days Together
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 455. I interviewed/had a discussion with my first IP law boss today, William C. (Bill) Norvell, Jr., about our time together when I was a new lawyer, his love of opera and so on, and his views on politics, war, Trump, and his views on the patent and IP system...
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KOL454 | Debating Various Issues of Interest to Objectivists and Libertarians on The Rational Egoist (Michael Liebowitz)
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 454. My recent appearance on The Rational Egoist. (Spotify; Youtube) Shownotes: Michael engages in a lively debate with Stephan Kinsella, a libertarian theorist and anarcho-capitalist, as they explore key issues that divide Objectivists and libertarians. They...
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KOL453 | Objections to Argumentation Ethics, Libertarian Property Rights, Scarcity, Intellectual Property: Discussion with a Student
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 453. I was approached recently by my old friend, legal scholar and philosopher David Koepsell (a fellow opponent of IP who appeared on the John Stossel show with me a few years back), (( KOL308 | Stossel: It’s My Idea (2015). )) as one of his students at Texas...
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KOL452 | Ethics, Politics, and IP for Engineering Students
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 452. I was asked recently to guest lecture for a course taught to some mechanical engineering students at Colorado University Boulder (EMEN 4100: Engineering Economics) by the lecturer, David Assad. Assad covers some ethics related matters in the latter part…
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KOL451 | Debating the Nature of Rights on The Rational Egoist (Michael Liebowitz)
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 451. My recent appearance on The Rational Egoist. (Spotify) Shownotes: Debating the Nature of Rights with Stephan Kinsella In this episode of The Rational Egoist, host Michael Liebowitz engages in a stimulating debate with libertarian writer and patent…
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