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The psychiatrist Thomas Szasz, opponent of the therapeutic state and compulsory mental institutionalization.
The psychiatrist Thomas Szasz, opponent of the therapeutic state and compulsory mental institutionalization.
Nobel Laureate economists [[Milton Friedman]], [[F.A. Hayek]], [[Ronald Coase]], James Buchanan, [[George Stigler]], and Vernon Smith.
Nobel Laureate economists [[Milton Friedman]], [[F.A. Hayek]], [[Ronald Coase]], Gary Becker, James Buchanan, [[George Stigler]], and Vernon Smith.
The novelist [[Ayn Rand]] advocated a philosophy of ''Objectivism'', embodying some libertarian thought, although differing from libertarianism in many ways. Some of her novels, such as ''Atlas Shrugged'', have become icons of some people in the libertarian movement, while others find her materialism/atheism incompatible with moral ethics and natural rights and law.
The novelist [[Ayn Rand]] advocated a philosophy of ''Objectivism'', embodying some libertarian thought, although differing from libertarianism in many ways. Some of her novels, such as ''Atlas Shrugged'', have become icons of some people in the libertarian movement, while others find her materialism/atheism incompatible with moral ethics and natural rights and law.