Essays on Key Authors

Adam Smith

This is a collection of key extracts by, and essays and study guides about Adam Smith (1723-1790).

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Works in the OLL by Adam Smith (1723-1790) Timeline: Life of Adam Smith (1723-1790) Our sister site,…

Alexis de Tocqueville

This is a collection of key extracts by, and essays and study guides about Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859).

See the Liberty Matters online discussion of Tocqueville’s New Science of Politics Revisited.

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David Ricardo

This is a collection of key extracts by, and essays and study guides about David Ricardo (1772-1823).

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Works in the OLL by David Ricardo (1772-1823) Timeline: The Life of David Ricardo (1772-1823)

Editorials by Leonard P. Liggio

Leonard P. Liggio (author)

[Leonard P. Liggio c. 1981]

The following are the editorials written for each issue of the journal Literature of Liberty: A Review of Contemporary Liberal Thought which was published first by the Cato Institute (1978-1979) and…

Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke (contributor)

This is a collection of key extracts by, and essays and study guides about Edmund Burke (1729-1797).

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Works in the OLL by Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Timeline: The Life and Work of Edmund Burke (1729-1797)…

Frédéric Bastiat

Frédéric Bastiat (contributor)

This is a collection of key extracts by, and essays and study guides about Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850).

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Anthology: The Best of Bastiat Timelines:The Life and Works of Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850)

Friedrich Hayek

Friedrich August von Hayek (contributor)

This is a collection of key extracts by, and essays and study guides about Friedrich Hayek (1899-1992).

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Bibliographies: Hayek: A Bibliography of his Writings Bibliographies:Hayek and Classical…

Gustave de Molinari

Gustave de Molinari (contributor)

Gustave de Molinari (1819-1912)

This is a collection of key extracts by, and essays and study guides about Gustave de Molinari (1819-1912).

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Liberty Matters Discussion Forum: Roderick Long, “Gustave de…

James M. Buchanan

James M. Buchanan (contributor)

This is a collection of key extracts by, and essays and study guides about James M. Buchanan (1919-2013).

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Works in the OLL by James M. Buchanan (1919-2013) Liberty Matters Discussion Forum: Geoffrey…

James Mill

James Mill (contributor)

This is a collection of key extracts by, and essays and study guides about James Mill

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Exploring Ideas:James Mill on Writing his Critical History of India Reading List: Mill-Macaulay Debate on…

John Locke

Below the fold is a collection of key extracts by, and essays and study guides about John Locke (1632-1704).

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Works in the OLL by John Locke (1632-1704) Liberty Matters Discussion Forum: Eric Mack on “…

John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill (contributor)

This is a collection of key extracts by, and essays and study guides about John Stuart Mill (1806-1873).

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Works in the OLL by John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) Timelines:The Life of John Stuart Mill…

Lord Acton

John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton (contributor)

This is a collection of key extracts by, and essays and study guides about Lord Acton (1834-1902).

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Works in the OLL by John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton (1834-1902) Chronology: the Life of Lord…

Ludwig von Mises

Ludwig von Mises (contributor)

This is a collection of key extracts by, and essays and study guides about Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973).

See the Liberty Matters online discussion of Ludwig von Mises’s The Theory of Money and Credit at 101.

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William Henry Harrison and “The True Principles of Government”

William Henry Harrison (1773-1841)
[An autograph of the first page]

Quentin Taylor discusses the little read Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison who was the 9th President of the United States. He assumed…

Works of Jeremy Bentham: Table of Contents

Jeremy Bentham (author)

Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)

Jeremy Bentham,The Works of Jeremy Bentham,published under the Superintendence of his Executor, John Bowring (Edinburgh: William Tait, 1838-1843). 11 vols.

Vol. 1.…

The following pages contain information about some of the more important authors in the OLL collection. They consists of introductions to some of the books written by modern editors, important chapters from their works which illustrate some of their key ideas, and other material to assist in learning about their life and work. There are also links to other resources in the OLL such as Timelines, Biographies and Interpretative Essays.