Progress

About this Collection

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.

Members:

Essays Moral, Political, Literary (LF ed.) (David Hume)
An Historical View of the English Government (John Millar)
Liberalism: The Classical Tradition (1927) (LF ed.) (Ludwig von Mises)
Of Population. An Enquiry concerning the Power of Increase in the Numbers of Mankind (William Godwin)
Outlines of an historical view of the progress of the human mind (Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet)
The Perfectibility of Man (John Passmore)
Sketches of the History of Man, 3 vols. (Henry Home, Lord Kames)
The Society of Tomorrow (Gustave de Molinari)
Theory and History: An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution (LF ed.) (Ludwig von Mises)