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Conversations with Zane Mooneyhan About Austro-libertarianism and Much More Sent: Friday, February 19, 2021 3:08 PM Subject: A second Question One more thing, sorry I bring all my questions to you, you always answer fastest and with the most sources haha. So I was thinking about federally enclosed land and whatnot, and how there is millions of square miles of “federally owned” land, or otherwise controlled by the US govt, where they are preventing people from going in and homesteading their own land. Is there a case to be made that the govt control of this land is significantly inflating ...

Condensing Austro-Libertarian Papers Subject: Papers for E4B Hi Walter, I wanted to followup on our Zoom call a couple weeks ago. We discussed that you might be able to make suggestions for academic papers that could be condensed into user-friendly summaries. We have a stable of students ready to start on summarization and I’m reaching back out to our professors to ask for paper recommendations. Can you suggest papers that might be relevant to a business audience? Topics such as business ethics, Austrian business cycle theory, capital allocation, consumer sovereignty, and entrepreneurship w...

In The Free Society, Would Individuals Be Allowed to Own Nuclear Weapons? Dear Dr. Block. You argue that owning a nuclear weapon is illegitimate because you cannot limit it’s use to the “bad” guys. A possible objection to this as pointed out in this article https://www.google.com/amp/s/miseschrist.com/2014/05/11/nuclear-weapons-free-society/amp/ is that using something and owning something are distinct. A counterargument to this critique (in my opinion) is pointed out in this article https://voluntaryistreader.wordpress.com/2012/12/23/nuclear-weapons-in-libertarianism/ Basically the...

Conversation with Marc J. Victor I wrote this on that subject: Block, Walter E. 2012. “Global Warming, Air Pollution and Libertarianism.” January 18; https://archive.lewrockwell.com/block/block195.html I think the burden of proof on global warming rests with those who advocate this thesis, and they have not come even close to meeting it. Best regards, From: Marc J. Victor Subject: Re: New Libertarian Project Hi Walter.  I just finished reading everything you sent on coronavirus.  It’s striking to me how we have both been pondering the exact same issues.  I’m curious to read your w...

From: Walter Block <wblock@loyno.edu> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 10:56 PM To: ‘chris ar’ Subject: RE: Nuclear Weapon Ownership. Dear Chris: Beautifully said. Thanks for your kind comments. Best regards, Walter From: chris ar Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 10:52 PM To: Walter Block <wblock@loyno.edu> Subject: Re: Nuclear Weapon Ownership. Dear Dr Block. First of all, thank you so much for taking the time to respond, I really appreciate it. My name is Chris Armoutidis, I live in Greece, currently studying nutrition. I first found out about libertarianism aro...