February 10, 2012 2:18PM 

# This Week at Lib​er​tar​i​an​ism​.org 

By [Aaron Ross Powell](https://www.cato.org/people/aaron-ross-powell) 

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[Lib​er​tar​i​an​ism​.org](http://www.libertarianism.org) keeps adding new stuff, so if you’re not a regular reader, now’s a great time to become one. This week we added the following:

- George H. Smith gave us a glance at economic regulations from the past in his new *Excursions* essay, [“Monopolies, Mercantilism, Illegal Buttons, and Saltpeter Men.”](http://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/excursions/monopolies-mercantilism-illegal-buttons-saltpeter-men)
- Jason Kuznicki published a review of Charles Murrary’s new book, [*Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960–2010*](http://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/class-classical-liberals). Kuznicki concludes, “I’ll admit to doubting the problem, and to doubting the solution, and in particular to doubting whether a book by Charles Murray could possibly bring it about (sorry). But is it *objectionable*? Eh. No. It just isn’t.”
- I published three new blog posts, the first two expanding on my piece from last week about the lessons the tech community should have learned from SOPA. In [“How Absolute is Libertarian Skepticism,”](http://www.libertarianism.org/blog/how-absolute-is-libertarian-skepticism) I clarified what exactly skepticism in the face of government action looks like. In [“Why Should We Be Skeptical About Government?”](http://www.libertarianism.org/blog/why-should-we-be-skeptical-about-government) I explained why skepticism is the proper response to most government proposals. Finally, today I published [“ ‘Why does the stupid government get to take some of my money?’ ”](http://www.libertarianism.org/blog/why-does-stupid-government-get-take-some-money) discussing bad arguments for increasing taxes.
- Libertarianism.org’s media section grew with the addition of the [Cato Home Study Course.](http://www.libertarianism.org/media/home-study) This 30-hour audio series explores the major ideas and figures in the history of libertarianism.
- We released another short video featuring Douglas Rasmussen, this time on [what libertarians can learn from Aristotle.](http://www.libertarianism.org/media/libertarian-view/douglas-rasmussen-what-can-libertarians-learn-aristotle)
- Finally, we released two more talks from our archives: [Richard Ebeling on the intellectual roots of spontaneous order](http://www.libertarianism.org/media/video-collection/richard-ebeling-intellectual-roots-spontaneous-order) and [David Kelly on the Objectivist movement.](http://www.libertarianism.org/media/video-collection/david-kelley-objectivist-movement)

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