Brian Doherty - 1960's Counterculture Libertarianism

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Description: Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=913 Reason Magazine Senior Editor Brian Doherty discusses the eccentric founders of the Innovator, a counterculture libertarian zine from the 1960's. ----- Brian Doherty considers "Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement." This illuminating, lively history of a political movement on the rise - told through the life stories of its standard bearers - casts new light on the intellectual and political history of post-WWII America. Doherty traces the evolution of libertarianism through the unconventional stories of Ludwig von Mises, F.A. Hayek, Ayn Rand, Murray Rothbard, and Milton Friedman, and their personal battles, character flaws, love affairs, and historical events that altered its course. In so doing, he provides a fascinating new perspective on American history, from the New Deal through the culture wars of the 1060s to today's divisiveness. In February, the Wall Street Journal noted, "With 'Radicals for Capitalism', Brian Doherty finally gives libertarianism its due...Mr. Doherty has rescued libertarianism from its own obscurity, eloquently capturing the appeal of the 'pure idea', its origins in great minds and the feistiness of its many current champions." - Cody's Books Brian Doherty is a senior editor of Reason, the libertarian monthly named one of "The 50 Best Magazines" three out of the past four years by the Chicago Tribune. Established in 1968 and a four-time finalist for National Magazine Awards, Reason has a print circulation of 40,000 and won the 2005 Western Publications Association "MAGGIE" Award for best political magazine.
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AynRandMorale ::: Favorites gRand example of the evil of rationalization, trying to tie the libertarian movement to Objectivism, again. Rational beings ARe not fooled. What MrDoherty describes here is escapism/retreatism no trace of reason or courage. Do you see the difference between Her proposed 'Atlantis' scenARio in "Atlas"? If you do, come and judge its realization fOR yourself. -50ASJune102AR- 07-05-13 08:52:38 _____________________________________________________
bfb8688 ::: Favorites No matter how much Rand wanted to deny her influence on libertarianism, the effort truly is futile. My road to libertarianism began with a reading of Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal. I am not alone. 07-06-07 11:20:47 _____________________________________________________
Entropy56 ::: Favorites This guy keeps picking at pimples on his back. It is pronounced Ory-gun, not Orr-gone. 07-07-21 03:18:08 _____________________________________________________