Episode 119: New Right vs Libertarianism w/Logan Chipkin
The Theory of Anything · Bruce Nielson and Peter Johansen
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Show Notes
This week we interview Logan Chipkin. Logan is a writer and author of several books. Recently he co-authored and published The Sovereign Child about raising children without coercion, and The Lords of the Cosmos, which tells the story of progress through the lens of good philosophy.
Logan is also the president of Conjecture Institute, which is a brand new organization dedicated to promoting the worldview of Karl Popper and David Deutsch. (Follow on X)Here we discuss the New Right vs libertarianism.
We consider: What is the core difference between liberalism, conservatism, and libertarianism? Why are so many libertarians into conspiracy theories? How are we to think about Popperian arguments against utopianism applied to libertarians? Does it make sense for an anarcho-capitalist to be hawkish on military intervention in places like Ukraine? And why have mainstream conservatives strayed so far from making intellectual arguments for their positions as they may have in the days or Milton Friedman?
What criticisms can be correctly leveled against the Right today, especially economically but also in terms of their methods. And what does the New Right 'get right' according to Logan?
Right wing resources suggested by Logan:
- The Dispatch
- Commentary Magazine Podcast
- National Review Podcast
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History
- The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism
- Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement