Smart Libertarians
A list of thoughtful libertarian academics, writers, thinkers, and close fellow travelers who aren’t shitty people.
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@chrishudsonjr.bsky.social
@mattzwolinski.bsky.social
Philosopher. Co-author of The Individualists: Radicals, Reactionaries, and the Struggle for the Soul of Libertarianism (Princeton, 2023), and Universal Basic Income: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford, 2023). Http://bleedingheartlibertarian.substack.com
@drtoleration.bsky.social
Political Philosopher specializing in Toleration, Civil Discourse, Applied Political Philosophy, PPE. See www.AndrewJasonCohen.com
@jkuznicki.bsky.social
Rusticated wonk. Now a gay dad cultivating his garden in Puna, Hawaii. 🍍🌴🌱📖🌐☸️ Newsletter: https://pacification.beehiiv.com/ Book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/3319839950/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=&sr=
@jasonleebyas.bsky.social
There is no authority but yourself. Still straight edge in 2025.
@walterolson.bsky.social
Writer on law etc.; Cato Institute. Election law, Maryland civic stuff, cooking. Blogged at Overlawyered back when. No kings, no tyrants.
@nathanpgoodman.bsky.social
Economist who studies institutions, political economy, polycentricity, defense & peace economics, and border militarization. https://www.nathanpgoodman.com/ https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1Ue5NBMAAAAJ&hl=en
@zacharywoodman.bsky.social
Unapologetic neo-Pragmatist, Unterrified Hayekian, radical liberal.
@enbrown.bsky.social
Senior editor at Reason, covering sex, speech, tech, justice, prohibition & panic. Cofounder of Feminists for Liberty. Adjunct at the University of Cincinnati journalism school | gmail or protonmail: elizabethnolanbrown
@cjciaramella.bsky.social
Jeopardizing the good order and security of institutions for Reason Magazine. I report on prisons, policing, and civil liberties. Email: cj@reason.com, cj.ciaramella@protonmail.com. Signal: cjciaramella.68
@briancalbrecht.bsky.social
Applied economic theorist: competition and information. Chief Economist @LawEconCenter Price Theory Newsletter http://pricetheory.substack.com.
@abates.bsky.social
@normative.bsky.social
He sits motionless, like a spider in the center of its web, but that web has a thousand radiations, and he knows well every quiver of each of them. juliansanchez.com
@johnglaser.bsky.social
Host of Power Problems, a foreign policy podcast from the Cato Institute. Subscribe, rate, and review! https://podcasts.apple.com/ee/podcast/power-problems/id1282100393 https://www.cato.org/people/john-glaser
@blanksslate.bsky.social
D.C.-based criminal justice writer and cultural critic who spends a lot of time at the library. Hoosier by birth and college education. Some would call me a libertarian. I would not. https://theblanksslate.substack.com/
@andycraig.bsky.social
Election law and policy, liberalism and democracy, and occasional pugs.
@pgeddington.com
Out now: The Triumph of Fear: Domestic Surveillance and Political Repression from McKinley through Eisenhower. Order direct from GU Press & use code TGUF to get 30% off: https://press.georgetown.edu/Book/The-Triumph-of-Fear Views mine alone.
@jbhenchman.bsky.social
Husband of Ethan, DC lawyer (tax and constitutional), policy, history, transportation, liberty
@jacobgrier.bsky.social
Multi-hyphenated bon vivant. I make books, drinks, and magic in Portland, Oregon. Founder at Seabird: https://seabirdreader.com/ Read my books: https://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/books-by-jacob-grier/
@landryayres.bsky.social
American living in Helsinki. Senior Producer at The UnPopulist. A lover of movies, chips and salsa, tabletop games, and power pop.
@freeminds.bsky.social
Advocate for social freedom and equality before the law from a liberal/libertarian perspective. Free speech, LGBT rights, civil liberties and a depoliticized economy. Opposed to authoritarianism whether on the Right or the Left.
@janetbufton.ca
Canadian mum, 3D liberal in Babylon Writing collected at janetbufton.ca diversity dynamism democracy Detroit Lions Elbows up.
@andevereaux.bsky.social
Complexicoid. Lapsed everything. Becoming everything. *please for the love of god share your shitty early ai art with me*
@conlawwarrior.bsky.social
More freedom, less government. Senior VP for Legal @catoinstitute
@tanneronpolicy.bsky.social
Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP).
@kvallier.bsky.social
Political philosopher (with some political theology and political economy). Author, All the Kingdoms of the World. 9/1 release Book page: https://t.co/iGziQkkYeS
@davidjbier.bsky.social
Cato Institute, Director of Immigration Studies, BEER, not buyer. Cato, not CATO
@akivamalamet.bsky.social
Managing Editor at The UnPopulist. MA Candidate in Philosophy at Queen's University (Canada). Horns up. 🤘 LLAP. 🖖 Be kind. 🤝
@cob.bsky.social
Christian / "great husband" / "Papa" 3x / Liberal / #STLCards / ⭕ / normcore icon / Shill, Big Liberty / Romans 13:8
@paulmatzko.bsky.social
Historian, author of The Radio Right (Oxford 2020), day job: AI and emerging tech.
@jacobtlevy.bsky.social
Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory, Chair of Political Science, Associate member of Philosophy, Coordinator of Research Group on Constitutional Studies, McGill. Senior Fellow, Niskanen Center.
@reasonpolicy.bsky.social
Free minds and free markets. Trans rights are human rights. Passionate about economics, free speech and criminal justice reform. And disc golf…
@chadvanschoelandt.bsky.social
PERSONAL ACCOUNT Associate Professor of Philosophy http://chadvanschoelandt.com/ NAFO https://nafo-ofan.org/
@berinszoka.bsky.social
🇺🇸/🇩🇪 Nomad. Tech lawyer @TechFreedom. “To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man” 🏳️🌈📚🗽 PhD student, Dublin City University; LLM in 🇪🇺 law, Paris Panthéon-Assas; JD, University of Virginia. 🏡: Albuquerque, Bethesda
@pjaicomo.bsky.social
Civil rights litigator at @IJ.org. Lover of freedom. Fighter of bullies. (All my posts have typos and express my own views.)
@cathyreisenwitz.com
Writer, cathyreisenwitz.substack.com Center-leftish takes on gender and politics OF creator: /cathyreisenwitz, spicy art
@christianb.bsky.social
Reporter at Reason Magazine covering urbanism, property rights, and occasionally heavy metal. Sign up for my housing newsletter! https://reason.com/newsletters/rent-free/
@mnolangray.bsky.social
the once and future city planner // legislative director for california yimby // AICP // proud kentuckian // #BBN // buy my book ❤
@adamthierer.bsky.social
innovation policy analyst at R Street Institute. Author of "Permissionless Innovation" (2016) & "Evasive Entrepreneurs" (2020).
@scottlincicome.bsky.social
@CatoInstitute Vice President (Econ/Trade), @DukeLaw adjunct, @TheDispatch newsletter-er. CH❤️RTS. You didn't read the article, did you?
@matthewfeeney.bsky.social
Big Brother Watch advocacy manager "I'm a liberal and I'm against this sort of thing." https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk Signal: mfeeney.63
@chrisfreiman.bsky.social
Professor, John Chambers College of Business and Economics, West Virginia University | Author of *Why It’s OK to Ignore Politics* | Libertarianism, neoliberalism, effective altruism
@ilyasomin.bsky.social
Law professor; author of Free to Move: Foot Voting Migration and Political Freedom; Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government is Smarter; The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain; Volokh Conspiracy blogger.
@peterjaworski.bsky.social
Ethics Professor at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business. I research the ethics and economics of blood plasma collection
@kevinerdmann.bsky.social
I discovered the surprising story of what really happened in 2008 (not enough housing) and accidentally became a housing policy guy. https://kevinerdmann.substack.com/ https://www.amazon.com/stores/Kevin-Erdmann/author/B099P7SN1G
@mfcannon.bsky.social
“An influential health care wonk at the libertarian Cato Institute“ – Washington Post. “A pleasant discovery” – Capitalism magazine. Washingtonian’s “Most Influential People” in DC 2021-present.
@horp.bsky.social
@aricohn.com
First Amendment & defamation lawyer. Now: Lead Counsel for Tech Policy at @thefireorg.bsky.social Former: Free Speech Counsel at @TechFreedom.org Illini/music junkie/oofnik. “A snarky gay lawyer Jessica Fletcher.” https://linktr.ee/aricohn
@jjschulp.bsky.social
Securities and crypto regulation, investor and capital markets stuff, a bit of constitutional law, and various things. Director of Financial Regulation Studies @CatoInstitute; formerly enforcement @FINRA and litigator @GibsonDunn
@thomasberry.bsky.social
Director, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute. Editor in Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review. https://www.cato.org/people/thomas-berry
@lysanderwright.bsky.social
A history professor with books on the rise and fall of mutual aid, T.R.M. Howard, Rose Wilder Lane, and the New Deal's protracted war on the Bill of Rights. Northport, Alabama history.ua.edu/people/david-t…
@vincentgeloso.bsky.social
Assistant professor of economics at GMU. Québécois economic historian, LSE-trained, TTU-proud, GMU-blood. See my published papers at www.vincentgeloso.com
@tracinski.bsky.social
The Tracinski Letter and Symposium on Substack. Director of the Executive Watch for ISMA/The UnPopulist. Columnist at Discourse Magazine, senior fellow at The Atlas Society. Sic semper tyrannis, baby. https://www.tracinskiletter.com
@kinger-dc.bsky.social
Comms: Institute for Justice. Former Neoliberal Shill Bracket loser. Niagara University alum. Philly sports, civil liberties, YIMBYism & Slavic history. Views mine. #COYS 🏳️🌈 🌐🇵🇱⛰️🇺🇦
@jaystooksberry.bsky.social
Professional word nerd. Managing editor at Commonwealth Foundation. Contributing writer at @reason.com. Scourge of #TeamOxford. Amateur hole digger (literal and figurative). Opinions and bad jokes are my own. You can't have them. www.jaystooksberry.com
@shalmarr.bsky.social
Political Theory PhD Student at McGill University. Research Interests: Scottish and French Enlightenment, Michael Oakeshott, and Judith Shklar.
@fakertarians.bsky.social
Ninnies -Tom Woods. Eric July thinks we're a garden tool. Merch: http://malicefortwitter.com @fakertarians@mastodon.social Reddit: r/Fakertarians www.fakertarians.com
@aaronrosspowell.com
Podcast host of ReImagining Liberty. UnPopulist contributor. Writing about political ethics. Buddhist and radical liberal. He/him. My podcast and blog: https://www.aaronrosspowell.com
@shikhadalmia.bsky.social
President, Institute for the Study of Modern Authoritarianism. Founder @ismapolicy.bsky.social. Editor, The UnPopulist www.theunpopulist.net. Classically liberal. Hate dogmas, esp my own. Rightwing populism is the threat of our time to liberal democracy.
@radleybalko.bsky.social
Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow. Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop. Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist. Forthcoming book: The Defenders (Spring 2026) Substack: radleybalko.substack.com Signal: radleybalko.52
@lucystag.bsky.social
Write. Edit. Try not to over-water plants. Have cat! Collect too many things. World's worst anarchist. I will write and edit for dollars. Not actually a kewpie (?). lucystag@gmail.com
@anthonycomegna.bsky.social
Historian, person, woman, man, camera, TV, and certified Gregg-head. Only living, proper historian of the Loco-Focos. Also happy to cede the title. Lynks survivor. One day at a time.
@ijsanders.bsky.social
Center for Judicial Engagement @IJ. Host of the Short Circuit podcast. Read my book "Baby Ninth Amendments"! https://press.umich.edu//12676756 Opinions = mine.
@anthonylfisher.bsky.social
Senior Editor and columnist, MSNBC Digital. Not here to argue.
@chrishudsonjr.bsky.social
he/him vegan | straight edge | libertarian | atheist | nerd 📍Tennessee 🔗 https://linktr.ee/chrishudsonjr