Report on the Austrian Student Scholars Conference

November 10, 2005 8:23 AM by Adam Martin

Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending, for the second time, the Austrian Student Scholars Conference at Grove City College. 22 students from various colleges gathered together to present and discuss their research. The topics ranged from abstract philosophical considerations of methodology and libertarianism to more concrete applications of theoretical insights to history and current political and social issues. As compared with last year's conference, there was a marked shift towards more applied topics and away from relentless assaults on John Maynard Keynes and the General Theory (a forgivable sin of omission that I trust will be corrected in future years).

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What We Mean By Individualism

July 15, 2005 7:48 AM by Adam Martin

The canons of conservative orthodoxy overflow with aspersions cast on libertarians on the grounds that they are too individualistic. If they are in a particularly vilifying mood, the modifier "atomistic" is appended, by which the conservatives hope to establish that the individualist ethos posits an infinite gap between one man and another. Other invectives against libertarianism (accusations of libertinism, materialism, utopianism, egoism, etc.) are often rooted in the misunderstanding concerning the individual. FULL ARTICLE