“The Role of Intellectuals and Anti-intellectual Intellectuals” was originally published in Libertarian Alliance (2008) and later in The Great Fiction: Property, Economy, Society, and the Politics of Decline (Laissez Faire Books, 2012; Second Expanded Edition, Mises Institute, 2021). It was also republished as “Reflections on the Origin and the Stability of the State,” LewRockwell.com, June 23, 2008. Due to site changes at the Libertarian Alliance the original has been lost. It is being republished there on Dec. 24, 2025 (link forthcoming).
Sean Gabb used AI to produce an oil-painting version of Hans to accompany the publication.
