Ep. 325 Are Corporations Un-Libertarian?
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Tom Woods
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2015
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Corporations aren’t people, say protestors. Corporations are creatures of the state, say some libertarians. What’s the truth? Should libertarians support the corporate form or not? That’s the topic of discussion on today’s episode, with guest Stephan Kinsella.
About the Guest
Stephan Kinsella is Founder and Executive Editor of Libertarian Papers, Founder and Director of the Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom(C4SIF), a member of the Editorial Board of Reason Papers, a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Molinari Review, a member of the Advisory Board of the Lexington Books series Capitalist Thought: Studies in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, and a member of the Advisory Council of theGovernment Waste and Over-regulation Council of the Our America Initiative (2014—). A registered patent attorney and former adjunct professor at South Texas College of Law, Stephan has published numerous articles and books on IP law, international law, and the application of libertarian principles to legal topics. He received an LL.M. in international business law from King’s College London, a JD from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at LSU, and BSEE and MSEE degrees from LSU.
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“Corporate Personhood, Limited Liability, and Double Taxation”
“In Defense of the Corporation”
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| 0:00.0 | In a world of Democrats, there will be time for them to make profits. |
| 0:05.2 | Now's not that time. |
| 0:06.4 | And Republicans. |
| 0:07.9 | I've abandoned free market principles to save the free market system. |
| 0:12.2 | You need a voice of liberty. |
| 0:15.0 | Look no further. |
| 0:16.7 | You've found it. |
| 0:18.4 | Tom Woods. |
| 0:21.1 | Beware, citizen. |
| 0:22.9 | You are now departing from the world of allowable opinion. |
| 0:26.9 | The Tom Woods Show. |
| 0:33.6 | Welcome to the Tom Woods Show, episode 325. |
| 0:38.3 | What should libertarians think about the corporation? |
| 0:42.3 | Is the corporation a creature of the state, |
| 0:45.3 | or are the various corporate features |
| 0:48.3 | features that would have evolved anyway on the free market spontaneously |
| 0:53.3 | without any state involvement? Well, joining us today to help |
| 0:57.3 | sort this out is Stefan Kinsella. Stefan is founder and executive editor of Libertarian Papers, |
| 1:05.4 | and he's founder and director of the Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom. You may know him |
| 1:10.5 | for his book Against Intellectual Property. |
| 1:13.9 | And over on the show notes page, |
| 1:15.2 | tomwoods.com slash 325. |
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