1. Wendy McElroy

    Wendy McElroy (born 1951) is a Canadian individualist anarchist, anarcho-capitalist, and individualist feminist. Among feminists, she distinguishes herself as being sex-positive: defending the availability of pornography and condemning anti-pornography feminism campaigns. She has also voiced criticism of sexual harassment policies, particularly the zero-tolerance policies common to grade schools, …

  2. Murray Rothbard

    Murray Newton Rothbard was a highly influential American economist, historian and natural law theorist belonging to the Austrian School of Economics who helped define modern libertarianism. Rothbard took the Austrian School's emphasis on spontaneous order and condemnation of central planning to an individualist anarchist conclusion, which he termed "anarcho-capitalism." He was son of David and Rae Rothbard.

  3. Lew Rockwell

    Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. (born 14 October 1944, Boston), more commonly known as Lew Rockwell, is an American libertarian political commentator. Rockwell is the founder and President of the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, Vice President of the Center for Libertarian Studies in Burlingame, California, and publisher of the political weblog LewRockwell.com.

  4. Hans-Hermann Hoppe

    Hans-Hermann Hoppe is Professor of Economics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Senior Fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and editor of the Journal of Libertarian Studies . His most recent book is Democracy: The God That Failed , and he is editor of The Myth of National Defense . His personal website is www.HansHoppe.com .

  5. Walter Block

    Walter Block (born 1941) is a leading free market economist and anarcho-capitalist associated with the Austrian School.

  6. Bryan Caplan

    Bryan Caplan (b. 1971) is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. He received his B.S. in economics from University of California, Berkeley and his Ph.D. from Princeton University. A great deal of his professional work has been devoted to the philosophies of libertarianism and free-market capitalism. He has published in notable journals such as "American Economic Review", "Public Choice", …

  7. Stephan Kinsella

    Norman (N.) Stephan Kinsella (born 1965) is an American intellectual property lawyer and libertarian legal theorist. His electronically-published works are primarily published on his blog and websites associated with the Ludwig von Mises Institute and anarcho-capitalist organizations. Born in Prairieville, Louisiana, he attended Louisiana State University where he earned Master of Science (MS) and Bachelor of Science (BS) degrees in electrical engineering, …

  8. Per Bylund

    "'Peter. He is also the founding editor of the "unifying" anarchist web site Anarchism.net. He is also known for being the original designer of the "[[Libertatis Æquilibritas, a symbol of anarcho-capitalism that has gained significant following among anarcho-capitalists worldwide.

  9. Gene Callahan

    Gene Callahan is an American economist and writer. He is an adjunct scholar with the Ludwig von Mises Institute, a charter member of the Michael Oakeshott Association, and is the author of two books, "Economics for Real People" and "PUCK". Callahan has written for "Reason", "The Freeman", "The Free Market", "Slick Times", "Java Developer's Journal", "Software Development", "Dr.

  10. Stefan Molyneux

    Stefan Molyneux is an anarcho-capitalist philosopher, author, actor and host of Freedomain Radio which discusses the logic of personal and political liberty. Molyneux is a graduate of the Humber School for Writers, and studied playwriting at the National Theatre School in Montreal. He also holds an undergraduate degree in History from McGill University, as well as a Masters Degree in History from the University of Toronto.

  11. Gustave de Molinari

    Gustave de Molinari was a Belgian-born economist associated with French laissez-faire liberal economists such as Frédéric Bastiat and Hippolyte Castille. Throughout his life, together with the other "Économistes", Molinari defended peace, free trade, freedom of speech, freedom of association (including voluntary trade unions), and liberty in all its forms, and opposed slavery, colonialism, mercantilism, protectionism, imperialism, nationalism, corporatism, …

  12. David D. Friedman

    David Director Friedman (born February 2, 1945) is a libertarian writer and economist who became a leading figure in the anarcho-capitalist community with the publication of his book "The Machinery of Freedom" (1973, revised 1989). He has also authored the books "Price Theory" (1986), "Law's Order" (2000) and "Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life" (1996).

  13. Robert Higgs

    Robert Higgs is Senior Fellow in Political Economy for The Independent Institute and Editor of the Institutes quarterly journal The Independent Review . He received his Ph.D. in economics from Johns Hopkins University, and he has taught at the University of Washington, Lafayette College, Seattle University, and the University of Economics, Prague.

  14. Karl Hess

    Karl Hess (May 25, 1923-April 22, 1994), was a speechwriter, editor, political philosopher, hippie, welder, motorcycle racer, tax resister and libertarian. His career included stints on both the Republican right and the New Left before he became an anarcho-capitalist theorist.

  15. Eric S. Raymond

    Eric Steven Raymond (born December 4, 1957), often referred to as ESR, is a computer programmer, author and advocate for the open source movement. His reputation within hacker culture was established when he became the maintainer of the "Jargon File". After the 1997 publication of "The Cathedral and the Bazaar", Raymond became a high-profile representative of the open source movement, and is today one of its most recognized and controversial characters.

  16. Brian Doherty

    Brian Doherty is a Senior Editor at "Reason" magazine. He is the author of "This is Burning Man" (Little, Brown, 2004) and "Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement" (PublicAffairs, 2007). Before working for the Cato Institute in the early '90s, he served as an intern at "Liberty Magazine" and wrote on music and popular culture at The Independent Florida Alligator.

  17. Joseph Sobran

    M. Joseph Sobran (b. February 23 1946, Ypsilanti, Michigan) is an American journalist and writer, formerly with "National Review" and currently a syndicated columnist.

  18. Roderick T. Long

    Roderick T. Long (b. February 4, 1964) is a professor of philosophy at Auburn University and a libertarian political commentator. He received a B.A. in philosophy from Harvard University and his Ph.D. from Cornell University. Long currently edits the "Journal of Libertarian Studies" and is a Senior Scholar at the Austrian School Ludwig von Mises Institute, also located at Auburn. He is the founder and president of the Molinari Institute, a small think-tank, …

  19. Jeffrey Tucker

    Jeffrey Albert Tucker is the editorial vice president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, a libertarian think tank that espouses the Austrian School of economics. He is the current webmaster for Mises.org. He has also compiled an annotated bibliography of the works of Henry Hazlitt, entitled "Henry Hazlitt: Giant For Liberty", which is now in print. He is a Roman Catholic. Tucker is known both for his scholarly efforts and humorous contributions to LewRockwell.com, …

  20. Jan Narveson

    Jan Narveson (born 1936) is professor of philosophy emeritus at the University of Waterloo, in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. An anarcho-capitalist and contractarian, Narveson's form of libertarianism is deeply influenced by the thought of Robert Nozick, David Gauthier and Anthony de Jasay. Along with Nozick's "Anarchy, State and Utopia", Narveson's "The Libertarian Idea" (1988) stands as one of the most important works of libertarian theory.

  21. Anthony de Jasay

    Anthony de Jasay (born 1925) is a Hungarian-born libertarian philosopher and economist known for his anti-statist writings. He was born at Aba, Hungary in 1925. (The original Hungarian spelling of his name is Jaszay). He was educated at Szekesfehervar and Budapest, taking a degree in Agriculture. In 1947-48 he worked as a free-lance journalist, his activity forcing him to flee from the country in 1948.

  22. Mark Thornton

    Mark Thornton is Senior Fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute. He serves as the Book Review Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics and as a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Libertarian Studies . He has served as the editor of the Austrian Economics Newsletter and as a member of the graduate faculties of Auburn University and Columbus State University. He has also taught economics at Auburn University at Montgomery and Trinity University in Texas.

  23. Thomas Woods

    Thomas E. Woods, Jr. (born 1972) is an American historian and author.

  24. Joseph Salerno

    Joseph T. Salerno is an Austrian School economist in the United States.

  25. Jörg Guido Hülsmann

    Jörg Guido Hülsmann, is a German economist of the Austrian School who was heavily influenced by Ludwig von Mises. He is a professor of economics at the University of Angers in France and is a senior faculty member of the Ludwig von Mises Institute. Hülsmann has translated several English-language economics books into his native tongue, German. He has written scholarly articles in German, English, and French, and his works have been translated into Italian, Slovak, Czech, …

  26. Scott Horton

    Scott Horton is an assistant editor at Antiwar.com and is the host of "Antiwar Radio". Previously, Horton was host of The Weekend Interview Show on the Republic Broadcasting Network in the United States. Since 1999, he has hosted six shows in Austin, Texas, beginning with "Say it Ain't So" on the infamous underground station Free Radio Austin – twice the target of FCC raids.

  27. Robert P. Murphy

    Robert P. "Bob" Murphy (born 23 May 1976) is an Austrian School economist and free market-oriented author.

  28. Jeremy Sapienza

    Jeremy Sapienza is an American political writer and thinker. He is an internet entrepreneur and, as the founder of Anti-State.Com, a leading spokesman for modern market anarchism. He is also the main proponent of Control Decay Theory, which holds that as wealth grows, spheres of control diminish. He currently resides in New York, New York, and is openly gay. His philosophy is a blend of thought of American individualist anarchists such as Josiah Warren, Lysander Spooner, …

  29. Spencer Heath

    Spencer Heath is an anarcho-capitalist and Georgist dissenter, who outlined his philosophy in his book "Citadel, Market and Altar". Heath's grandson, Spencer H. MacCallum, popularized and expounded on the idea in his book "The Art of Community." In the September 15, 1970 issue of The Libertarian Forum, Vol. II #18, Murray Rothbard wrote: The model for Heathian anarchism is multi-tenant properties such as hotels, shopping centers, industrial parks, …

  30. Carlo Lottieri

    Carlo Lottieri is an Italian libertarian philosopher. He studied Philosophy in Genoa and Sociology in Geneva (Institut Universitaire d’Etudes Européennes) and Paris, where he obtained a D.E.A. and a Ph.D. at the University of Paris IV (Sorbonne). His thesis was written under the direction of Raymond Boudon and his topic was "Idéologie et science dans la sociologie politique de Gaetano Mosca".

  31. Doug Casey

    Doug Casey is a contrarian investor, sought-after public speaker and author of several books. His work "Crisis Investing" held the position of # 1 bestseller on the New York Times list for 26 consecutive weeks. Doug's unusual views on the economy - and just about everything else - have gained a huge following in the investment community, and it certainly helps that his stock recommendations of undervalued junior exploration companies have made his subscribers millions.

  32. William Molyneux

    William Molyneux (17 April1656 - 11 October1698, both in Dublin) was an Irish natural philosopher and writer on politics. The Molyneux family were wealthy landowners belonging to the Protestant ruling class, known as the "English in Ireland". He studied at Trinity College, Dublin. Himself member of the Royal Society, in the 1680s he found the Dublin Philosophical Society along the lines of the Royal Society of London.

  33. James Eric Davidson

    James Eric Davidson (better known simply as Jim Davidson) is a propertarian, libertarian, anarcho-capitalist and voluntaryist.

  34. Steve Badera

    Steve Badera is currently a senior at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, majoring in computer and systems engineering. Steve´s area of expertise are software engineering, computer and network security, and IT/Networking. Steve also has an extensive background in Biomedical engineering and Polymer and Materials Science.

  35. Oliver Jakoubek
  36. Thomas J. Hagerty

    The Reverend Fr. Thomas J. Hagerty was an American Roman Catholic priest from New Mexico, and one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Hagerty had been a Marxist before his ordination in 1892 and was later influenced by anarcho-syndicalism. His formal association with the church ended when he was suspended by his archbishop for urging miners in Colorado to revolt during his tour of mining camps in 1903, …

  37. Vladimir Davidyuk
  38. Tony Dougherty

    Quite frankly I have better things to do with my time than fuck about with this myspace shit all day so in a nutshell:.