An individual who argues that government almost always operates less efficiently than the private sector (the segment of the economy run for profit and not under government control), and that government actions should therefore be kept to a minimum is best described as a ___________.

There are libertarian thinkers who have contributed to historical movements like abolition and the civil rights movement. There are a wide variety of perspectives that can fall under the notion of being a libertarian, but above all else, they prioritize economic freedom and personal liberty and they are skeptical of government power. There are some libertarians who seem to lean more right in their political convictions and others that lean more left like the feminist anarchist Emma Goldman. She was arrested several times for "inciting to riot" and for distributing subversive information about birth control. She was the founder of the anarchist journal Mother Earth which was founded in 1906.