Carl Watner

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Carl Watner (b. 1948–) is an American author and historian of libertarian studies, and a voluntaryist. He has written articles for Reason magazine, The Libertarian Forum, and The Journal of Libertarian Studies.

He publishes and edited The Voluntaryist newsletter since 1982, which promotes libertarian economics, abstention from voting, nonviolence, and abolition of the state through conscious non-cooperation. The libertarian philosophy of the late Robert LeFevre, of whom he was a student, was influential in Watner's intellectual development. In addition to writing articles for the The Voluntaryist, Watner researches and writes about historical libertarian texts. Murray Rothbard credited Watner for "uncovering an unknown work by the great Lysander Spooner, one that managed to escape the editor of Spooner's Collected Works" entitled "Vices are not Crimes."^[1]

Contents 1 Books 2 References 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Books

• Editor. I Must Speak Out: The Best of the Voluntaryist 1982-1999. Fox & Wilkes, 1999.
• Businessmen Versus Neocheaters. Neo-Tech Publishing, 1986.
• Your Document for the Use of Silence as the Ultimate Protector of Individual Rights. The Zon Association., 1984
• with McElroy, W. Dissenting Electorate: Those Who Refuse to Vote and the Legitimacy of Their Opposition. McFarland & Company, 2004.
• with McElroy, W. National Identification Systems: Essays in Opposition. McFarland & Company, 2004.
• Robert LeFevre: "Truth Is Not a Half-way Place". The Voluntaryists, 1988.
• Toward a Proprietary Theory of Justice'. Watner, 1976.
• Neither Bullets Nor Ballots. The Voluntaryists, 1983.

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Voluntaryism
• Agorism

[edit] External links

• Voluntaryist.Com Voluntaryist writings featuring essays by Carl Watner
• The Voluntaryist Website for newsletter edited by Carl Watner espousing voluntaryism
• Taxation is Theft by Carl Watner (2006)