Sheldon Richman is an American political writer and academic, best known for his advocacy of libertarianism, in particular left-libertarianism or market anarchism.
He is a former editor of The Freeman, a magazine published by The Foundation for Economic Education, Vice President of the Future of Freedom Foundation, a Research Fellow at The Independent Institute, a member of the Advisory Panel for the Center for a Stateless Society, and a member of the Liberty and Power group weblog at the History News Network. His own blog is called Free Association.
On August 30, 2012, Richman announced on his blog that his 15 year editorship of The Freeman would end on September 30. According to Richman's comments the reason for his departure was:
| “ | Exciting things are happening in Irvington/Atlanta. FEE will revitalize its efforts by focusing on introducing students (16-24) to free-market economics. The organization decided that someone else would be better suited to edit The Freeman under these circumstances. | ” |
On November 1, 2012, Richman announced that he had been named vice president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, and would become editor of the Foundation's monthly publication The Future of Freedom.
A graduate of Temple University, Richman was formerly a journalist, and a senior editor at the Cato Institute and the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University.
Richman has written occasional pieces on foreign policy, population issues, federal disaster assistance, international trade, education, the environment, American history, privacy, computers, and the Middle East. These articles have appeared in, among others, the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, American Scholar, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, Washington Times, Christian Science Monitor, CounterPunch, Independent Review, Insight, Cato Policy Report, Journal of Economic Development, The World & I, Reason, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Middle East Policy, and Liberty. He is a contributor to the Fortune Encyclopedia of Economics.
Richman is the author of a three-part essay entitled Beware Income Tax Casuistry, which critiques various tax protester arguments about the constitutionality of the U.S. federal income tax.
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