Short Answers to the Tough Questions (Expanded Edition)

Got questions? Dr. Ruwart has answers! The ideas of liberty are bold – even startling – to those encountering them for the first time, often leading to some pretty tough questions for libertarians. What would YOU say if someone asked you a question like these? • Would I be allowed to drive drunk in a libertarian society? • How could we have national defense without taxes to fund a military? • What is to control price gougers in a libertarian society? • You would let people practice medicine without a license? That's crazy! • Should my neighbor be free to possess thermonuclear weapons? • Why shouldn't we intervene overseas if we can save lives? • Should businesses be allowed to discriminate? • Imagine a drug that makes its users want to kill. Would you make it legal? • How would libertarians stop developers from turning land around Yosemite and the Grand Canyon into housing developments? • Would polygamy be legal in a libertarian society? • Wouldn’t we become like the Wild West without