Recently, a grateful (non-paying) student of mine asked me about the libertarian position on vaccinations: Dr. Block, I have been devouring many of your lectures on youtube lately, and I came across one you gave at the Mises institute back in 2011 on the fallacies of public finance.   At the 23 minute mark, you quoted Murray Rothbard with the idea being that it is absurd for 3 neighbors to force the 4th to play the cello (or do any other action) . Do you apply the same line of reasoning to the vaccination debate, and how does it hold … Continue reading Libertarianism and Compulsory Vaccinations