This documentary examines the intellectual life and legacy of F. A. Hayek, 50 years after he won the Nobel Prize.

Did a shady clique of politicians and businessmen attempt to lead a fascist coup against FDR?--Libertarian icon General Smedley Butler swore as much. Did a vast, powerful, and influential clique of ...

“The only freedom which deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.” In this ...

A collection of nine original essays by top philosophers introducing the major moral theories and how they support a libertarian political system. With personal stories, historical anecdotes, ...

Portraits of Liberty investigates the lives and philosophies of thinkers throughout history who argued in favor of a freer world.

Concerning the fundamentalist author of Intellectual Schizophrenia, Rothbard writes, “The man seems almost incapable of ratiocination.” In 1961, Murray Rothbard was employed by the William Volker Fund ...

Raised since early childhood to promote Jeremy Bentham's theory of utilitarianism, John Stuart Mill both expanded on those ideas and developed many of his own regarding individual freedom and liberty.

“No one dared to act, but few ventured to speak…She looked round her for a leader to step forward to the rescue of American freedom! None appeared…” From August 4, 1842 to September 6, 1844, tens of ...

Puzzling through the theories, history, and practice of liberty.

Jonathan Fortier talks with John Dalton about his recent book, Creative Destruction, published by Lib er tar i an ism .org in 2024. He first encountered Schumpeter as a teenage reader of Capitalism, ...

“Let Texas go to Great Britain if she pleases. She has a right to be a slave in her own way.” As of 1843, the “lonestar” Texas Republic counted itself among the family of independent nations. Though ...

John Dickinson led an active political life. He was a member of the Continental Congress, served as Governor of Pennsylvania from 1782 to 1785, and was a member of the 1787 Constitutional Convention.