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Topic: Progress

Many classical liberal and free market thinkers believe that through hard work and initiative both individuals and society can be improved indefinitely. This comes about through both increases in population and through wealth creation brought about by voluntary free market activity and trade. The titles included here include works of economics, history, and philosophy.

19 Titles in this Group:

authors and editors   title ↑ pub. date  
author: David Hume, editor: Eugene F. Miller Essays Moral, Political, Literary (LF ed.) 1777
author: Augustin Thierry, translator: Rev. Francis B. Wells The Formation and Progress of the Tiers État, or Third Estate in France, vol. 1 1856
author: Adam Smith, editor: Roy Harold Campbell, editor: Andrew S. Skinner Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence Vol. 2a An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Vol. 1 1776
author: John Millar, editor: Dale R. Smith, introduction: Mark Salber Phillips An Historical View of the English Government 1803
author: David Hume The History of England, vol. 2 1778
author: William Edward Hartpole Lecky History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe, vol. 2 1865
author: Ludwig von Mises, editor: Bettina Bien Greaves Human Action: A Treatise on Economics, vol. 2 (LF ed.) 1996
author: Ludwig von Mises, editor: Bettina Bien Greaves Liberalism: The Classical Tradition (LF ed.) 1962
editor: Leonard P. Liggio Literature of Liberty, Winter 1981, vol. 4, No. 4 1981
author: William Godwin Of Population. An Enquiry concerning the Power of Increase in the Numbers of Mankind 1820
author: Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet Outlines of an historical view of the progress of the human mind 1795
author: John Passmore The Perfectibility of Man 1969
author: Herbert Spencer, introduction: Tibor R. Machan The Principles of Ethics, vol. 2 1897
author: Henry Home, Lord Kames, editor: James A. Harris Sketches of the History of Man, 3 vols. 1778
author: Henry Home, Lord Kames, editor: James A. Harris Sketches of the History of Man, vol. 1 1778
author: Henry Home, Lord Kames, editor: James A. Harris Sketches of the History of Man, vol. 2 1778
author: Henry Home, Lord Kames, editor: James A. Harris Sketches of the History of Man, vol. 3 1778
author: Gustave de Molinari, translator: P. H. Lee Warner, editor: Frédéric Passy, editor: Hodgson Pratt The Society of Tomorrow: A Forecast of its Political and Economic Organization 1899
author: Ludwig von Mises, editor: Bettina Bien Greaves Theory and History: An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution (LF ed.) 1957