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TheAdvocates.org - Roy A. Childs Jr.
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| Born |
| 4 Jan 1949, in Buffalo, New York |
| Died |
| 22 May 1992, in Miami, Florida |
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| Biography |
Laissez Faire Books
"Many people only know Roy as the premier book reviewer for Laissez Faire Books, a job that he did from 1984 until his death in May 1992. .... many people wrote Laissez Faire some variation on the following ... : 'I had so much respect for him that only the books he chose to review were considered worth reading by me.'" |
| Associations |
| Book review editor, 1984-1992, Laissez Faire Books |
| Founding member, corresponding secretary, Radical Libertarian Alliance |
| Web Pages |
Roy A. Childs Jr., 1949-1992 - Libertarian
Advocates for Self-Government
"Roy A. Childs, Jr. ... claimed to have been interested in political issues since the age of nine, and a libertarian since 1964, when, he said, 'I counted myself as an anti-Cold War Goldwaterite.' He began reading some of the classics of libertarian thought when he was in high school ..." |
| Articles |
Book Review: Liberty Against Power: Essays by Roy A. Childs, Jr. edited by Joan Kennedy Taylor, by Doug Bandow, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Jun 1995
"A leading libertarian writer, editor, and activist, Roy was also a good friend and tough intellectual sparring partner to the famous, like Milton Friedman, and a generous mentor to the obscure, like any number of college students. ... Joan Kennedy Taylor, Roy's close friend ... has collected some of his best writings and speeches in a new volume ..." |
In Memoriam [PDF], by Jeff Riggenbach, ALF News, 2006
Related Topics: Joan Kennedy Taylor, Foundation for Economic Education, Barry Goldwater, Charles Murray
Biographical essay covering Joan Kennedy Taylor's varied career
"In 1977, she returned to political writing, taking a position as an associate editor on another monthly, The Libertarian Review. Over the next few years, she would follow this publication, and its eccentric, gifted editor-in-chief, Roy A. Childs, Jr., across the country and back, from New York to San Francisco and from San Francisco to Washington, D.C." |
| Writings |
A Guide to the Writings of Ludwig von Mises, Dec 1990
Related Topic: Ludwig von Mises
"The great social theorist Ludwig von Mises was born one hundred and ten years ago, published the majority of his important works before midcentury, and died nearly twenty years ago, at the end of a staggeringly productive life. ... some people profess to be intimidated by the sheer volume and complexity of his work." |
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Objectivism and the State: An Open Letter to Ayn Rand, 1969
Related Topics: Ayn Rand, Limited Government
"The purpose of this letter is to convert you to free market anarchism. ... all of your arguments against free market anarchism are invalid; and hence, you are under the moral obligation, since it has been shown that government cannot exist without initiating force, to adopt it." |
Reading the Literature of Liberty, May 1987
Related Topic: Libertarianism
"Libertarianism is first and foremost the doctrine championing individual freedom, private property, unfettered capitalism, and free trade. As such, it has never been captured fully in any one book or essay." |
Henry Hazlitt: An Appreciation, by Richard M. Ebeling, Roy A. Childs, Jr., Nov 1985
Related Topic: Henry Hazlitt
"The hallmark of everything that has flowed from his pen has been clear thinking, rigorous logic, and an unflinching defense of the free society. His classic work, Economics in One Lesson (1946) has influenced three generations of both economists and the general public." |
| Publications |
The Libertarian Review
July 1977 to 1981, editor |
| Books Authored |
Liberty Against Power: Essays by Roy A. Childs, Jr.
by Roy A. Childs, Jr., Thomas S. Szasz (Foreword), Joan Kennedy Taylor (Editor), 1 Dec 1994
Related Topic: Liberty |
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