Index

9/11 41, 163

Acceleration Studies Foundation 93

accountability 70, 72, 74, 89, 104, 108, 139, 180, 198

ACLU 27

agent 65, 77, 139, 142, 162, 184, 195, 196

altruism 28

AMA 105

American politics, as communistic 19

Americans 23, 37, 38, 45, 51, 56, 62, 79, 94, 99, 165, 170, 173, 180, 187, 192

Anarcho-capitalism 145

Anti-Federalists 48

APhA 105

arbitration 67, 143, 146

Army Corps of Engineers 180

Articles of Confederation 48

ASCAP 127

Atlas Shrugged 99, 201, 205

banks 19, 52, 54, 138

Bernanke, Ben 188

Bill of Rights 49, 151, 152, 153

bin Ladin, Osama 164

biometric identifiers 129

black market 101, 102, 104, 105

BMI 127

bottom trawling 70

bourgeoisie 16, 20, 21

Bowden, Jonny 111

breach of contract 123, 124

Browne, Harry 171

Bush, George W. 26

capital 21, 73, 74, 80, 82, 86, 91, 94, 112, 118, 123, 126

capitalism 21, 69, 75, 76, 79, 81, 95, 97, 131, 139, 141, 143, 144

capitalists 21

Carlin, George 135

central planners 76, 77, 92, 123

centrists 26

checks and balances 47, 62, 110

children 19, 42, 43, 58, 68, 70, 103, 137, 157, 158, 165, 173, 174, 177, 196, 199

China 80, 81, 166, 167

Civil War 48

collectivism 21, 31, 43, 45, 58, 70, 144, 184, 188, 196

Communism 14, 15, 16, 19, 21, 22, 25, 27, 73, 74, 109, 175, 185

complete liberty 10, 11, 12, 15, 18, 23, 28, 65, 128, 140, 143, 145, 147, 149, 151, 152, 166, 168, 169, 177, 181, 190, 192, 193, 200, 201

confirmation bias 143

consent 36, 40, 60, 65, 67, 88, 115,128, 129, 194, 195, 196

conservatives 23, 24, 25, 27, 88, 176

Constitution 24, 27, 32, 42, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 61, 62, 63, 66, 71, 96, 193

Constitutional Convention 47

constitutional Republic 32, 43, 47, 60, 63, 175, 196

consumers 17, 77, 84, 94, 95, 97, 98, 99, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 113, 115, 123, 131, 132, 136, 140, 142, 150, 152, 153, 198

Consumer Reports 89

context-dropping 143, 196

contracts 39, 45, 62, 65, 77, 107, 116, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 128, 133, 142, 144, 145, 154, 157, 158, 177, 184, 185, 195

copyleft 127

copyright 115, 119

corporations 25, 45, 80, 81, 85, 97, 122, 140

corrections system 102, 163

counterfeiting 55, 128

covenants 72, 121

Creative Commons 6, 127

criminality 57, 141, 150, 162, 163, 185

currency 54, 55, 63, 83, 84, 198

customary law 53, 146, 162

Dawkins, Richard 144

defensive patenting 132

Democracy 15, 24, 29, 31, 32, 38, 39, 42, 43, 44, 47, 50, 56, 60, 63, 79, 175, 187

Democrats 25, 27, 176, 197

Department of Homeland Security 41

devaluation of currency 52, 63, 72, 75, 91

Digital Rights Management 127, 135, 136

drug law offenders 102

drug users 104

drug war 19, 101, 102, 103, 105

drugs, illicit 101, 102, 104

economic progress 73, 132

elected officials 35, 36

electromagnetic spectrum 116, 123, 129

Eminent Domain 19, 71

end-user licenses 120, 127

Engels, Friedrich 15, 20, 81, 133

entrepreneurs 17, 20, 94, 110, 123, 126, 136, 138, 198, 200

ethics 38, 74, 75, 88, 90

exclusivity agreements 122

extropianism 93

FAA 19

fair use 119

Fascism 22, 83

FBI 85, 118, 127

FCC 19, 116, 123

FDA 85, 106

Federal Reserve System 83, 138

Federalists 48

FEMA 180

fiat currency 54, 55, 84

First 1000 pledge 197

Founders, American 32, 39, 42, 174

Framers, Constitutional 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 56, 57, 59, 61, 62, 66, 185

Franklin, Benjamin 47

fraud 40, 107, 117, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 135, 150

free market 10, 17, 18, 39, 46, 57, 75, 75, 81, 82, 85, 86, 89, 91, 95, 97, 101, 107, 109, 111, 112, 115, 118, 119, 123, 123, 127, 130, 131, 132, 134, 136, 138, 139, 141, 142, 144, 155, 162, 163, 166, 193, 198, 199, 200, 201

free market versus controlled market 17

Free State Project 189, 190, 192, 193, 197, 200

free-speech zones 151

Galambos, Andrew 125, 126, 132, 134

Garfield, James 26

globalization 79, 98

GNU General Public License 127

gold standard 54, 55, 82, 136, 198

Google 83

government, as necessary evil 33, 197

gray markets 105, 144

Greenspan, Alan 188

guilds 98, 101, 107, 108, 109

Henry, Patrick 48

Hercules 193, 202

Hoppe, Hans-Hermann 140

ID cards 129, 193

identity theft 117, 129

incumbents 43, 44

independents 26

individual rights 27, 31, 39, 53, 58, 65, 66, 72, 76, 81, 94, 102, 130, 136, 137, 139, 141, 142, 145, 171, 175, 185, 192, 194, 196, 199

inflation 91

initiation of force 39, 128, 141, 149, 152, 186

insurance 82, 106, 110, 111, 123, 139, 140, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 151, 162, 195

integrity 61, 88, 177, 178, 179, 186

intellectual property 115, 117, 118, 119, 120, 125, 126, 127, 130, 131, 132, 135

interest rates 52, 138

Internet 14, 92, 95, 110, 118, 129, 189

Israel 163

iTunes Store 135

Jefferson, Thomas 15, 58, 137, 140, 142, 183

jurisdiction 51, 56, 57, 58, 59, 87, 142, 145, 190, 199

jury nullification 42, 200

justice 15, 16, 27, 40, 43, 46, 48, 60, 82, 87, 97, 107, 110, 126, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 149, 150, 152, 158, 160, 161, 162

K Street 97, 140

kangaroo courts 98

King George III 47

knockoffs 130, 131, 135

Kurzweil, Ray 93

labor theory of value 133

leasing 121, 157

legal agencies 125, 139, 144

legalized monopoly 31, 54, 57, 139, 141, 152, 162, 184

legislating morality 104

Lessig, Lawrence 127

letters patent 115, 131

liberals 24, 176

libertarian(ism) 10, 65, 88, 116, 125, 145, 153, 154, 171, 187, 188, 190, 191, 192, 193, 198, 200

Libertarian Party 171, 190

licensure 101, 107, 108, 112, 123, 198

limited liability 82

living standards 17, 84, 91, 112, 134, 138

loaning 121

lobbyists 11, 36, 90, 97, 99, 103, 105, 109, 111, 118, 126, 197

Locke, John 65

Madison, James 49

Mafia 142, 144

Marx, Karl 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 81 133, 175

Mason, George 48, 183, 184

mediation 67, 146

Medicare and Medicaid 111

memes 144, 178, 189

Middle East 164, 165

military 24, 25, 26, 45, 57, 59, 60, 144, 154, 156, 158, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167

military contractors 45

moderates 26

money and currency 52

MPAA 127

nanny State 87, 89, 94

nanotechnology 134

national defense 41, 60

neoconservatives 24, 25

Net labels 127

New Hampshire 189, 190, 192, 193, 197, 198, 201

news media 13, 28, 70, 90, 169, 175

nondisclosure agreements 121, 125

North Korea 167

O’Reilly, Bill 27

O’Rourke, P.J. 110

oceans 70, 71, 92

open source record labels 127

Orwell, George 94, 169

ownership 16, 19, 39, 46, 49, 67, 68, 69, 71, 73, 74, 75, 82, 104, 116, 128, 131, 135, 140, 177, 198

Paine, Thomas 32, 33, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 43, 46, 66, 180, 197, 202

patents 115, 118, 119, 120, 127, 131, 132

Patent and Trademark Office 119, 131

peer-to-peer file sharing 135

Penn & Teller 138

Perot, Ross 99

Pledge of Allegiance 42

podcasts 136, 189

police State 42, 53, 94, 98, 130, 163, 165, 192, 193

political doublespeak 40, 169

political strategizing 45

politicians 11, 14, 29, 35, 43, 44, 46, 63, 79, 84, 88, 90, 97, 99, 103, 109, 118, 169, 176, 187, 188, 192, 197

politics, definition of 14

popular Democracy 30

prescription drugs and devices 101, 105, 106

preventive law 85, 86, 107, 138

prices 69, 74, 77, 80, 84, 95, 98, 101, 102, 104, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 113, 132, 140, 198

primates 67, 112, 178

privacy 116, 126, 152, 157

private property 58, 63, 69, 70, 71, 72, 76, 95, 115, 118, 139, 140, 151

producers 77, 94, 95, 97, 98, 99, 115, 120, 130, 133, 150

productivity 21, 74, 75, 81, 87, 91, 94, 95, 112, 126, 133, 134

progressives 25, 26

prohibition 102, 103, 104, 105, 187

proletariat 16, 17, 18, 20

Prometheus 193

property rights 16, 46, 71, 72, 81, 87, 98, 102, 116, 117, 118, 120, 121, 123, 128, 129, 131, 132, 140, 143, 144, 146, 187, 201

public choice theory 187, 188, 197

public domain 6, 118, 119, 127, 133

public policy 36

public property 39, 69, 72, 87, 94

Rand, Ayn 13, 36, 69, 88, 176, 201, 207

rational self-interest 74, 75

Reagan, Ronald 86

Real ID 193

regulation 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 34, 44, 52, 59, 62, 63, 72, 80, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89, 90, 94, 98, 105, 106, 107, 108, 110, 111, 112, 123, 136, 137, 170, 174, 179, 180, 187, 194, 198, 201

regulatory agencies 85, 88, 89, 138

reparations 71, 110, 140, 146, 150

representative Democracy 31, 32, 47

Republicans 23, 27, 176, 197

restitution 71, 107, 110, 140, 145, 146, 150

retaliatory force 139, 141, 149, 151, 186

RIAA 127, 135

Rothbard, Murray 116

scientific method 143

scientists 143

secret police 15

secularists 27

SEC 83

security 24, 33, 35, 38, 40, 46, 58, 83, 87, 130, 137, 140, 146, 165, 179, 183, 184, 185, 194

self-defense 65, 139, 142, 145, 195, 201

self-esteem 177, 178, 179

self-ownership 21, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 73, 74, 76, 90, 97, 104, 117, 152, 170, 173, 188, 195

self-reliance 23, 106, 177, 178, 200

separation of powers 47, 62

service marks 130

ShaysâÄôs Rebellion 59

Smart, John 93

Smith, Adam 65, 77

Social Security numbers 129

Socialism 15, 22, 23, 109

Somalia 154

Spooner, Lysander 96, 97, 172, 173, 196

Stalin, Joseph 50, 167

standard of living 17, 84, 91, 112, 134, 138

Stewart, Jon 43

Stockholm syndrome 173, 174

Stossel, John 169

Supreme Court 49, 56, 188

Switzerland 165

taxation 44, 52, 62, 63, 91, 94, 97, 138, 170, 171, 172, 179, 180, 191, 194, 195

territorial waters 70

terrorism 41, 163, 164

The Colbert Report 170

The Communist Manifesto 15, 16, 18, 73

The Daily Show 43, 170

torts 56, 57, 145

trade secrets 121, 124

trademarks 115, 118, 119, 120, 130

traditionalists 27

transhumanism 93

TSA 19, 41, 56, 85

trespass 116, 118, 126, 131, 151

tribal mentalities 16, 38, 144, 152, 164

U.S. Treasury 83

U.S.S.R 11, 50, 166, 167

Uncle Sam 54

Underwriters Laboratories 89

United Kingdom 47

United States 42, 48, 50, 51, 52, 55, 60, 61, 86, 105, 163, 164, 190, 201

universal health care system 109

van Notten, Michael 153, 162

vice 32, 33, 34, 37, 39, 47, 170, 185

violence 74, 86, 102, 112, 142, 198

virtues 29, 34, 35, 37, 46, 47, 88, 124, 150, 177, 178, 179, 180, 194, 200

voluntarism 144, 170, 187, 199, 200

Wal-Mart 80, 81, 84, 85

Wall Street 81, 84

war 19, 48, 57, 58, 97, 142, 144, 165, 167, 175, 180, 191

War on Drugs 19, 101, 102, 103, 105

War on Poverty 180

warlords 142, 144, 154

zoning laws 72, 196