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Ideologies / Minarcho-Capitalist / Tibor Machan
Tibor Machan — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1939–2016 · Hungary / US · Philosopher

Tibor Machan

Individuals and their rights

The moral case for the minimal state.

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Governance−76
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Social−12
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The Objectivist-influenced philosopher who made the natural-rights case for laissez-faire capitalism and a minimal, rights-protecting state — a leading academic voice of minarchism.

social

Classical-liberal individualist.

economic

Laissez-faire capitalism grounded in individual rights.

governance

A strictly limited state confined to protecting rights.

Notable for
  • 'Individuals and Their Rights'
  • Reason Foundation co-founder
  • Natural-rights libertarianism
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