Kevin Carson Explained

Kevin Carson is an American political writer and blogger. While he originally identified as a mutualist,^{[1] [2]} he now describes himself as an anarchist without adjectives.^[3] He works as a Senior Fellow and Karl Hess Chair in Social Theory at the Center for a Stateless Society.^[4] Carson coined the pejorative term "vulgar libertarianism" to describe the use of free market rhetoric in defense of corporate capitalism and economic inequality.^{[5] [2]}

Selected works

• Studies in Mutualist Political Economy (2007)
• Organization Theory: A Libertarian Perspective (2008)
• The Homebrew Industrial Revolution: A Low-Overhead Manifesto (2010)
• The Desktop Regulatory State: The Countervailing Power of Individuals and Networks (2016)
• Capitalist Nursery Fables (2020)^[6]
• Exodus: General Idea of the Revolution in the XXI Century (2021)
• The State: Theory and Praxis (2022)

See also

• Anarchist economics

External links

• • • Kevin Carson on Academia.edu
• Kevin Carson on Center for a Stateless Society
• Kevin Carson on The Anarchist Library
• Kevin Carson's blog on P2P Foundation

Notes and References

1. Book: Shannon. Deric. Nocella II. Anthony. Asimakopoulos. John. The Accumulation of Freedom. 2012. AK Press. Oakland, Edinburgh, Baltimore. 978-1849350945.
2. [Sheldon Richman|Richman, Sheldon]
3. Web site: Kevin Carson. 4 May 2020. kevinacarson.org.
4. Book: Nathan J. Jun. Brill's Companion to Anarchism and Philosophy. 2017. Brill. 978-90-04-35689-4. 20.
5. Long . Roderick . Roderick T. Long . Left-Libertarianism, Market Anarchism, Class Conflict and Historical Theories of Distributive Justice . Griffith Law Review . 2012 . 21 . 2 . 422 . 10.1080/10383441.2012.10854747 . 143550988 .
6. Web site: Carson. Kevin. Capitalist Nursery Fables: The Tragedy of Private Property, and the Farce of Its Defense. 2020-09-02. Center for a Stateless Society. en-US.