Some people just can’t get enough libertarian information. We are surrounded by the establishment (often called mainstream) media that repeats its talking points, mostly in favor of big government.
Fox News is considered to be an alternative to most of the rest of the mainstream media (at least on television), but Fox News promotes militarism and even Keynesian economics at times with Trump as president.
Libertarians should be quite thankful that we live in an age of the Internet and a technological age that is quickly advancing. Therefore, we have so many outlets now that didn’t exist 2 decades ago.
Still, the word libertarian is thrown around loosely now. This is evident just in looking at the presidential candidates for the Libertarian Party of the last few presidential cycles. There are many other organizations that call themselves libertarian, yet they oftentimes fall short on some key issues, especially when it comes to moral issues.
Below is a list of 10 resources for radical libertarians to enjoy (in addition to this site). I consider them to be both highly informative and entertaining. Most people reading this are likely to be familiar with at least a few.
- The Mises Institute – A great resource that focuses on Austrian school economics.
- The Tom Woods Show – This is a podcast (hosted by Tom Woods) with a new episode released almost every weekday.
- GaryNorth.com – Gary North’s emphasis on religion may turn some people off, but he is a great resource for politics, economics, homeschooling, and just overall good life advice. The forums and some of his articles require a subscription to gain access.
- Contra Krugman Podcast – This is a podcast hosted by Tom Woods and Bob Murphy that is released once a week. The show debunks the many errors of Paul Krugman by teaching economics. The hosts are humorous with their back and forth banter.
- LewRockwell.com – This is a must-visit website that has 12 new articles, 6 days per week. Not all of the writers are libertarian, but most of the articles have a libertarian theme, or else some kind of entertaining or useful information for your life.
- DownsizeDC.org – This organization was co-founded by Harry Browne and seeks to downsize Washington DC, just as its name suggests. You can sign up and use the website in its campaigns to lobby Congress by just typing a short message for a particular issue. But this organization is not just looking for tax cuts and small spending cuts that tinker around the edges. The Downsize DC Foundation has a project called ZAP (Zero Aggression Project) that seeks to move towards voluntaryism.
- Ron Paul Institute – This website promotes the ideas of Dr. Ron Paul, which is enough said.
- ConsultingByRPM.org/blog – This is Bob Murphy’s personal blog where he writes about economics, politics, religion, and anything else that comes to his mind.
- HarryBrowne.org – Even though Harry Browne passed away in 2006, this is still a great resource with articles indexed by topic.
- LRC Blog and Political Theatre – This is part of Lew Rockwell’s site (see number 5 above), but these gems deserve their own mention. The blog has many contributors with commentary that tends to focus on current happenings in the world. The Political Theatre portion is updated by Lew Rockwell himself with links to interesting stories.
There are, of course, many other resources out there including books and other websites. The 10 mentioned above are some of my favorites, and I think any hardcore libertarian is sure to get something out of each one of them.