Essays on Key Authors

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,… more

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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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) … more

[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… more

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)… more

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) … more

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… more

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… more

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… more

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… more

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 “… more

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… more

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… more

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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Michael Oakeshott has often been considered to be a conservative philosopher. This essay will explore what that might mean and highlight some of the tensions between conservatism and philosophy in Oakeshott’s writings.*

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

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.… more