An Introduction to the Study of Liberty - Works to Begin with
About this Collection
The following texts have been selected as being particularly appropriate for those who are new to the study of individual liberty, limited government, and the free market. These works have been written as introductory works or for a broader reading public. Some appeared as newspaper or magazine articles, and some as lectures or talks. It is hoped that these works will lead the reader to explore more of the Online Library of Liberty. Clicking on the author’s name will take you to that author’s bio page which contains a list of other works by that author. One can also explore the OLL by historical period, discipline or subject area, topics, and debates.
Members:
- The Complaint of Peace (Desiderius Erasmus)
- Economic Harmonies (FEE ed.) (Frédéric Bastiat)
- Economic Sophisms (FEE ed.) (Frédéric Bastiat)
- “I, Pencil: My Family Tree” as told to Leonard E. Read, Dec. 1958 (Leonard E. Read)
- The Law (FEE ed.) (Frédéric Bastiat)
- Lectures on Modern History (John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton)
- Liberty and Order: The First American Party Struggle (Lance Banning)
- The Man versus the State, with Six Essays on Government, Society and Freedom (LF ed.) (Herbert Spencer)
- On Liberty and The Subjection of Women (1879 ed.) (John Stuart Mill)
- Pictures of the Socialistic Future (Eugen Richter)
- A Plea for Liberty: An Argument against Socialism and Socialistic Legislation (LF ed.) (Thomas Mackay)
- Selected Essays on Political Economy (FEE ed.) (Frédéric Bastiat)
- Self Help; with Illustrations of Character and Conduct (Samuel Smiles)
- Socialistic Fallacies (Yves Guyot)
- The Society of Tomorrow (Gustave de Molinari)
- The State (Anthony de Jasay)
- The Tyranny of Socialism (Yves Guyot)
- “The Use of Knowledge in Society” (1945) (Friedrich August von Hayek)
- Where and Why Public Ownership has Failed (Harriet Franc Baker)