Libertarian Review

American libertarian magazine

Karl T. Pflock
?–Mar/Apr 1977
Roy A. Childs, Jr.
Jul 1977–Nov/Dec 1981

Executive editors

Walter K. Olson
Jeff Riggenbach
Marshall E. Schwartz

Senior editors

Jeff Riggenbach
Murray N. Rothbard
Joan Kennedy Taylor

Associate editors

Bruce R. Bartlett
Roy A. Childs, Jr.
Walter E. Grinder
Charles H. Hamilton
John Hospers
Leonard P. Liggio
Tibor Machan
Milton Mueller
Joseph R. Peden
Ralph Raico
Murray N. Rothbard
Joan Kennedy Taylor

Contributing editors

Doug Bandow
Bruce Bartlett
Bill Birmingham
Peter R. Breggin, M.D.
David Brudnoy
Milton Mueller
Leslee J. Newman
Tom G. Palmer
Sheldon Richman
Jeff Riggenbach
Murray N. Rothbard
Marshall E. Schwartz
Jack Shafer

Staff writersBill BirminghamCategoriesPoliticsFrequencyMonthlyPublisher

Robert D. Kephart
Charles H. Hamilton
Ed Crane
Chris Hocker

FounderRobert D. KephartFounded1972Final issue
NumberNovember/December 1981
Vol. 10, Nos. 11–12 (Double Issue)CompanyLibertarian Review, Inc.CountryUnited StatesBased in

Washington, D. C.
?–Dec 1975
Alexandria, VA
Jan/Feb 1976–Mar/Apr 1977
New York, N. Y.
Jul–Dec 1977
San Francisco, CA
Jan/Feb 1978–Jan 1981
Washington, D. C.
Feb 1981–Nov/Dec 1981

LanguageEnglishISSN0364-0302

Libertarian Review was an American libertarian magazine published until 1981. It had been established by Robert Kephart in 1972 as a book-review magazine, initially titled SIL Book Review (2 issues), then Books for Libertarians, and was renamed with the March, 1974 issue. In 1977, Charles Koch purchased the magazine and turned it into a national magazine under the editorship of Roy A. Childs, Jr.^[1]

At the time, there were two other slick-paper libertarian magazines, Reason, which at the time leaned towards the right wing of the libertarian spectrum, and Inquiry, which tilted left. Libertarian Review was more movement-oriented than either magazine. It also differed from both in its strong opposition to nuclear energy.^{[third-party source needed]}

In the summer of 1981, the Koch Foundation, which was funding Inquiry as well as Libertarian Review, decided that it could not continue to support two magazines and folded Libertarian Review into Inquiry starting with the January 1982 issue. The last issue was November/December 1981. However, Cato then transferred Inquiry to the Libertarian Review Foundation with the February 1982 issue.^{[third-party source needed]}