History


A Speech I gave over 19 years ago…

Still reads well: “Why Socialism Collapsed in Eastern Europe” (I gave it as a lecture at a Cato University summer seminar on political economy in California during the summer of…

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The BBC’s Gavin Hewitt on the Berlin Wall

An excellent piece on how a tyranny crumbled: “Filming a Revolution” Conny Rakow on her memories of the opening of the Wall.

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The Berlin Wall

It’s in German, but this short film the message of this little film should be clear to all.

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Some Old Pics from Berlin

I have been working with colleagues on some videos and other work on the Fall of the Berlin Wall (to be celebrated November 9 at the Atlas Freedom Dinner), and…

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My talk in Oxford on “Anarchism, Limited Government, and Liberalism: A Modest Case for Sacking the State”

Tom Palmer – “Anarchism, Limited Government & Liberalism: A Modest Case for Sacking the State” from oxford libertarian on Vimeo. It was a rather informal chat that covered a number…

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A Peek into a Horrible Past

More at Ben Lewis TV

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A New Look at the History of the Civil Rights Movement

My friends David Beito and Linda Royster Beito have published an important new book, Black Maverick: T. R. M. Howard’s Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power (University of Illinois…

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MotorHome Diaries Interview

Jason Talley interviewed me recently for his MotorHomeDiaries.com project. It was fun! (I was wearing a bit of Tracht that day.)

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Now Available for Pre-Ordering…..

Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice, by yours truly…at a whopping 34% discount off of the cover price. The official release date is June 23. (Note: the Amazon description…

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Extraordinary People

Embedded video from CNN Video The most despised of the despised in a thoroughly evil regime. Slaves, treated as objects, overlooked because they were not considered human, who provided military…

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