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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)^[1]^[4]^[6]
Organization Theory: A Libertarian Perspective (2008)^[4]
The Homebrew Industrial Revolution: A Low-Overhead Manifesto (2010)^[4]
The Desktop Regulatory State: The Countervailing Power of Individuals and Networks (2016)
Capitalist Nursery Fables (2020)
Exodus: General Idea of the Revolution in the XXI Century (2021)
The State: Theory and Praxis (2022)

References

^ ^a ^b Shannon, Deric (2012). "Chopping Off the Invisible Hand: Internal Problems with Markets and Anarchist Theory, Strategy, and Vision". In Shannon, Deric; Nocella II, Anthony; Asimakopoulos, John (eds.). The Accumulation of Freedom. Oakland, Edinburgh, Baltimore: AK Press. pp. 287–289. ISBN 978-1849350945.
^ ^a ^b Richman, Sheldon (February 3, 2011). "Libertarian Left: Free-market anti-capitalism, the unknown ideal". The American Conservative.
^ "Kevin Carson". kevinacarson.org. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Nathan J. Jun, ed. (2017). Brill's Companion to Anarchism and Philosophy. Brill. p. xx. ISBN 978-90-04-35689-4.
^ Long, Roderick (2012). "Left-Libertarianism, Market Anarchism, Class Conflict and Historical Theories of Distributive Justice". Griffith Law Review. 21 (2): 422. doi:10.1080/10383441.2012.10854747. S2CID 143550988.
^ Long, Roderick T. (2006). "Land-Locked: A Critique of Carson on Property Rights". Journal of Libertarian Studies. 20 (1): 87–95. ISSN 2643-4601.

External links

Official website
Kevin Carson on Twitter
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

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[accumulation-1] Shannon, Deric (2012). "Chopping Off the Invisible Hand: Internal Problems with Markets and Anarchist Theory, Strategy, and Vision". In Shannon, Deric; Nocella II, Anthony; Asimakopoulos, John (eds.). The Accumulation of Freedom. Oakland, Edinburgh, Baltimore: AK Press. pp. 287–289. ISBN 978-1849350945.

[unknown-2] Richman, Sheldon (February 3, 2011). "Libertarian Left: Free-market anti-capitalism, the unknown ideal". The American Conservative.

[3] "Kevin Carson". kevinacarson.org. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Jun2017-4] Nathan J. Jun, ed. (2017). Brill's Companion to Anarchism and Philosophy. Brill. p. xx. ISBN 978-90-04-35689-4.

[Long2012-5] Long, Roderick (2012). "Left-Libertarianism, Market Anarchism, Class Conflict and Historical Theories of Distributive Justice". Griffith Law Review. 21 (2): 422. doi:10.1080/10383441.2012.10854747. S2CID 143550988.

[6] Long, Roderick T. (2006). "Land-Locked: A Critique of Carson on Property Rights". Journal of Libertarian Studies. 20 (1): 87–95. ISSN 2643-4601.

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-'''Kevin Carson''' is an American [[social theorist]], [[economist]] and [[anarchist]] who has identified at various times as a [[Mutualism (economic theory)|mutualist]], [[individualist anarchist]], [[left-wing market anarchist]] and [[anarchist without adjectives]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Introductions - Kevin Carson|url=http://c4ss.org/content/11792|publisher=Center for a Stateless Society|website=c4ss.org|accessdate=4 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kevin Carson|url=https://kevinacarson.org/|publisher=Kevin Carson|accessdate=4 May 2020|website=kevinacarson.org}}</ref><ref name=accumulation/>{{rp|28}} He works as a Senior Fellow and Karl Hess Chair in Social Theory at the Center for a Stateless Society.<ref name="Jun2017">{{cite book|editor=Nathan J. Jun|title=Brill's Companion to Anarchism and Philosophy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f_U4DwAAQBAJ&pg=PR20|year=2017|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-35689-4|page=20}}</ref> Carson's ''Studies in Mutualist Political Economy'' aims to revive interest in mutualism in an effort to synthesize [[Austrian School]] economics with the [[labor theory of value]] by attempting to incorporate both [[Subjective theory of value|subjectivism]] and [[time preference]].{{r|RTL editorial}}
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+'''Kevin Carson''' is an American political writer and [[blog]]ger. While he originally identified as a [[Mutualism (economic theory)|mutualist]],<ref name=accumulation>{{cite book|last=Shannon|first=Deric|chapter=Chopping Off the Invisible Hand: Internal Problems with Markets and Anarchist Theory, Strategy, and Vision|editor-last1=Shannon|editor-first1=Deric|editor-last2=Nocella II|editor-first2=Anthony|editor-last3=Asimakopoulos|editor-first3=John|title=The Accumulation of Freedom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZQTRDgAAQBAJ|date=2012|publisher=[[AK Press]]|location=Oakland, Edinburgh, Baltimore|isbn=978-1849350945|pages=287–289}}</ref><ref name=unknown>{{Cite web|last=Richman|first=Sheldon|date=February 3, 2011|url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/libertarian-left/|title=Libertarian Left: Free-market anti-capitalism, the unknown ideal|work=[[The American Conservative]]}}</ref> he now describes himself as an [[anarchist without adjectives]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Kevin Carson|url=https://kevinacarson.org/|access-date=4 May 2020|website=kevinacarson.org}}</ref> He works as a Senior Fellow and Karl Hess Chair in Social Theory at the Center for a Stateless Society.<ref name="Jun2017">{{cite book|editor=Nathan J. Jun|title=Brill's Companion to Anarchism and Philosophy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f_U4DwAAQBAJ&pg=PR20|year=2017|publisher=Brill|isbn=978-90-04-35689-4|page=xx}}</ref> Carson coined the [[pejorative]] term "vulgar libertarianism" to describe the use of [[free market]] rhetoric in defense of [[corporate capitalism]] and [[economic inequality]].<ref name="Long2012">{{cite journal |last1=Long |first1=Roderick |authorlink=Roderick T. Long |title=Left-Libertarianism, Market Anarchism, Class Conflict and Historical Theories of Distributive Justice |journal=Griffith Law Review |date=2012 |volume=21 |issue=2 |page=422 |doi=10.1080/10383441.2012.10854747 |s2cid=143550988 }}</ref><ref name=unknown/>
-== Criticism ==
+==Selected works==
+* ''Studies in Mutualist Political Economy'' (2007)<ref name=accumulation/>{{r|Jun2017}}<ref>{{cite journal|last=Long|first=Roderick T.|year=2006|title=Land-Locked: A Critique of Carson on Property Rights|url=https://mises.org/journal-libertarian-studies/land-locked-critique-carson-property-rights|journal=[[Journal of Libertarian Studies]]|volume=20|issue=1|pages=87–95|issn=2643-4601}}</ref>
-Carson's work has never been published in a peer-reviewed academic outlet, but nevertheless, his blogposts and self-published pieces have been addressed by [[anarcho-capitalists]] [[Walter Block]]<ref>Block, Walter. [https://mises.org/library/kevin-carson-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde Kevin Carson as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde] ''[[Journal of Libertarian Studies]]'', Volume 20, No. 1 (Winter 2006), pp. 35–36</ref> and Tate Fegley<ref>Fegley, Tate. [https://philpapers.org/rec/MCCKCA-3 Kevin Carson and the Freed Market: Is His Left-Libertarian Vision Plausible?]</ref> as well as fellow Center for a Stateless Society member [[Roderick T. Long]].<ref>[[Roderick T. Long|Long, Roderick]]. [https://www.mises.org/journals/jls/20_1/20_1_6.pdf "Land-locked: A Critique of Carson on Property Rights"]. ''[[Journal of Libertarian Studies]]'', Volume 20, No. 1 (Winter 2006): 87–95</ref>
-The [[anarcho-syndicalist]] group [[Workers' Solidarity Alliance]] has criticized Carson for neglecting the role of [[class struggle]] in [[anti-capitalist]] activities.<ref>{{cite web|title=A Free Market Fantasy|url=http://ideasandaction.info/2016/11/free-market-fantasy/|website=ideasandaction.info|publisher=Workers Solidarity Alliance|accessdate=5 May 2020}}</ref> Carson responded by claiming that anarcho-syndicalism is outdated and unrealistic.<ref>{{cite web|title=In Which the Anarcho-Syndicalists Discover C4SS|url=https://c4ss.org/content/46875|website=c4ss.org|publisher=Center for a Stateless Society|accessdate=5 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=A Response to 'In Which the Anarcho-Syndicalists Discover C4SS'|url=https://www.anarkismo.net/article/30388|website=anarkismo.net|accessdate=5 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Left-Market Rambling: A reply to Kevin Carson|url=https://libcom.org/library/left-market-rambling-reply-kevin-carson|website=libcom.org|accessdate=5 May 2020}}</ref>
-== Selected works ==
-* ''Studies in Mutualist Political Economy'' (2007)<ref name="RTL editorial">{{Cite journal |last1=Long |first1=Roderick T. |title=Editorial to Symposium Issue on Studies in Mutualist Political Economy |journal=Journal of Libertarian Studies |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=34 |date=2006 |url=https://mises.org/library/editorial-symposium-issue-studies-mutualist-political-economy |language=en |df=mdy-all }}</ref>{{r|Jun2017}}
 * ''Organization Theory: A Libertarian Perspective'' (2008){{r|Jun2017}}
 * ''The Homebrew Industrial Revolution: A Low-Overhead Manifesto'' (2010){{r|Jun2017}}
-* ''The Desktop Regulatory State: The Countervailing Power of Individuals and Networks'' (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Desktop Regulatory State|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/54830667-the-desktop-regulatory-state-the-countervailing-power-of-individuals-an|access-date=2020-09-02|website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref>
+* ''The Desktop Regulatory State: The Countervailing Power of Individuals and Networks'' (2016)
+* ''Capitalist Nursery Fables'' (2020)
-* ''Capitalist Nursery Fables'' (2020)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Carson|first=Kevin|title=Capitalist Nursery Fables: The Tragedy of Private Property, and the Farce of Its Defense|url=https://c4ss.org/content/53305|access-date=2020-09-02|website=Center for a Stateless Society|language=en-US}}</ref>
+* ''Exodus: General Idea of the Revolution in the XXI Century'' (2021)
+* ''The State: Theory and Praxis'' (2022)
-== See also ==
+==See also==
 {{Portal|Anarchism|Libertarianism}}
 * [[Anarchist economics]]
-== References ==
+==References==
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-== External links ==
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 * [https://theanarchistlibrary.org/category/author/kevin-carson Kevin Carson] on The Anarchist Library
-* [https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/author/kevin Kevin Carson's blog] on [[P2P Foundation]]
+* [https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/author/kevin Kevin Carson's blog] on P2P Foundation
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