Modern Libertarianism with Brian Doherty

The Liberty Exchange
S03E03 -

Jonathan Fortier talks with Brian Doherty, author of Modern Libertarianism, published by Lib​er​tar​i​an​ism​.org in 2025.

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Brian Doherty

Brian Doherty is a senior editor at Reason magazine. He is the author of six books, including Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement (2007). Doherty’s reporting and commentary have appeared in dozens of radio and TV programs and in over 100 publications, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Mother Jones, Wired, and Spin. He won the Center for Independent Thought’s Thomas S. Szasz Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Cause of Civil Liberties in 2011. Doherty’s recent book Modern Libertarianism (2025) is published with Lib​er​tar​i​an​ism​.org and the Cato Institute.

Jonathan Fortier

Jonathan Fortier is the director of Lib​er​tar​i​an​ism​.org. Over the past 25 years he has worked to promote the principles of a free society with many organizations, including Liberty Fund, the Institute for Humane Studies, and the Fraser Institute. He earned his MPhil and his doctorate at the University of Oxford.

Jonathan Fortier talks with Brian Doherty, author of Modern Libertarianism: A Brief History of Classical Liberalism in the United States. The conversation explores some of the main themes in Doherty’s book, including figures like Mises and Hayek, Ayn Rand, Leonard E. Read and many others. Doherty muses on the nature of the libertarian movement and the many strains of thought animated by fractious individuals.

Reason: https://​rea​son​.com/​p​e​o​p​l​e​/​b​r​i​a​n​-​d​o​h​erty/

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