John Blundell, who headed the IEA between 1993 and 2009, discusses the contribution of Arthur Seldon ((1916-2005) to the success of the London based Institute of Economic Affairs in spreading free market ideas in Britain. He…
This is a discussion of George H. Smith’s new book The System of Liberty: Themes in the History of Classical Liberalism published by Cambridge University Press (2013). Smith describes how he came to write the book, the works of the…
In this Liberty Matters discussion on “Bastiat and Political Economy" historian and sociologist Robert Leroux notes that Frédéric Bastiat’s intellectual legacy has been the subject of much debate since the mid-19th century. His…
The latest "Liberty Matters" forum is online. The lead essay is by Roderick Long on “Gustave de Molinari’s Legacy for Liberty” [the centennial of his death was last year]. Long concludes that “for all his shortcomings, Molinari…
After James M. Buchanan died in 2013, a range of scholars commemorated his work in a series of essays and responses. They highlight Buchanan's Nobel Prize winning work exploring his ideas on public choice (or, theories of political…
John Locke (1632-1704) is a key figure in the history of classical-liberal thought. His Second Treatise of Government(1689) is the canonical text in political philosophy that most extensively and systematically advances the…
