Matt Zwolinski
@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
Http://bleedingheartlibertarian.substack.com
Out today! The new and massively revised third edition of Arguing About Political Philosophy, co-edited with the fantastic @mjuarezgarcia_ . Perfect for courses in political philosophy or PPE.
July 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Out today! The new and massively revised third edition of Arguing About Political Philosophy, co-edited with the fantastic @mjuarezgarcia_ . Perfect for courses in political philosophy or PPE.
Trump channeling his inner Thomas Carlyle for Juneteenth.
“Quashee, if he will not help in bringing out the spices, will get himself made a slave again…and with beneficient whip, since other methods avail not, will be compelled to work.”
“Quashee, if he will not help in bringing out the spices, will get himself made a slave again…and with beneficient whip, since other methods avail not, will be compelled to work.”
June 19, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Trump channeling his inner Thomas Carlyle for Juneteenth.
“Quashee, if he will not help in bringing out the spices, will get himself made a slave again…and with beneficient whip, since other methods avail not, will be compelled to work.”
“Quashee, if he will not help in bringing out the spices, will get himself made a slave again…and with beneficient whip, since other methods avail not, will be compelled to work.”
Page proofs are in! Coming your way this July.
May 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Page proofs are in! Coming your way this July.
Reading @anneapplebaum.bsky.social's excellent, _Autocracy, Inc._. I can’t recommend it enough as a guide to understanding the rising tide of 21st century authoritarianism. And some of what she describes sounds eerily familiar…
April 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Reading @anneapplebaum.bsky.social's excellent, _Autocracy, Inc._. I can’t recommend it enough as a guide to understanding the rising tide of 21st century authoritarianism. And some of what she describes sounds eerily familiar…
I can understand why many of my friends have left X altogether. But you do miss out on gems like this.
January 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I can understand why many of my friends have left X altogether. But you do miss out on gems like this.
My book with John Tomasi, The Individualists, is now out in paperback.
If you’re interested in an intellectual history of libertarianism that shows how it went from radical supporters of abolitionism and women’s rights to a party that threw its weight behind Donald Trump, this is the book for you.
If you’re interested in an intellectual history of libertarianism that shows how it went from radical supporters of abolitionism and women’s rights to a party that threw its weight behind Donald Trump, this is the book for you.
November 10, 2024 at 5:41 PM
My book with John Tomasi, The Individualists, is now out in paperback.
If you’re interested in an intellectual history of libertarianism that shows how it went from radical supporters of abolitionism and women’s rights to a party that threw its weight behind Donald Trump, this is the book for you.
If you’re interested in an intellectual history of libertarianism that shows how it went from radical supporters of abolitionism and women’s rights to a party that threw its weight behind Donald Trump, this is the book for you.
Well this is off to a cheery and not at all ominous start.
November 8, 2024 at 3:15 AM
Well this is off to a cheery and not at all ominous start.
Super excited to receive the brand new paperback edition of The Individualists! It’s set to release on November 5th, so hopefully there’s nothing else big going on in the news that day.
October 9, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Super excited to receive the brand new paperback edition of The Individualists! It’s set to release on November 5th, so hopefully there’s nothing else big going on in the news that day.
There are lots of intelligent criticisms to be made of the libertarian conception of freedom. I've made some of them myself.
And then there's what Tim Snyder gives us in his new book on freedom...
And then there's what Tim Snyder gives us in his new book on freedom...
September 17, 2024 at 3:31 PM
There are lots of intelligent criticisms to be made of the libertarian conception of freedom. I've made some of them myself.
And then there's what Tim Snyder gives us in his new book on freedom...
And then there's what Tim Snyder gives us in his new book on freedom...
Really looking forward to digging in to this important new book from David Schmidtz.
May 22, 2023 at 11:02 PM
Really looking forward to digging in to this important new book from David Schmidtz.