Literature of Liberty, January/March 1978, vol. 1, No. 1

Literature of Liberty: A Review of Contemporary Liberal Thought was published first by the Cato Institute (1978-1979) and later by the Institute for Humane Studies (1980-1982) under the editorial direction of Leonard P. Liggio. It consisted of a lengthy bibliographical essays, editorials, and many shorter reviews of books and journal articles. There were 5 volumes and 20 issues. This issue contains 2 lengthy bibliographical essays by Forrest McDonald on “A Founding Father’s Library” and Murray Rothbard on “Modern Historians Confront the American Revolution.”
Literature of Liberty: A Review of Contemporary Liberal Thought was published first by the Cato Institute (1978-1979) and later by the Institute for Humane Studies (1980-1982) under the editorial direction of Leonard P. Liggio.
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Table of Contents
- Now Available:
- The Servile State
- Popular Government
- Arator
- Literature of Liberty A Review of Contemporary Liberal Thought
- Associate Editors
- Editorial
- Bibliographic Essay
- A Founding Father's Library
- Reading Habits of Early Americans
- Popularity of Histories
- The Classical Tradition
- Anglo-Saxon Roots
- History's First Lesson: Nations Fall by Moral Corruption
- History's Second Lesson: Eternal Vigilance....
- Revisionist “True Principles” in the Pre-1066 Constitution
- Science and International Law
- Political Theorists
- Ambiguities About Liberty and Property
- A Prejudice Favoring Real Property over Paper Money
- Who Will Define Virtue?
- The Lessons of Books
- Bibliographic Essay
- Modern Historians Confront the American Revolution
- I.: Basic Causes of the Revolution
- Constitutional Conflict Historians
- The Progressive Historians and the Economic Dimension
- The Consensus Interpretation
- Bailyn's Crucial Breakthrough
- II.: The Pre-Revolutionary Period
- Political and Economic Conflicts
- The Role of Ideas in the Revolution
- Revolutionary Accounts of Cities and States
- III.: 1775 and After
- Revolutionary Warfare
- Political History of the Revolution
- The Revolutionary Leaders
- Economic and Social Aspects
- Foreign Policy
- Meaning and Consequences of the Revolution
- WORKS CITED
- I: Paradigms of Freedom
- Conflicting Paradigms
- Paradigms as Procrustes' Bed
- Interest and Ambition
- Thesis and Antithesis
- Freedom and Authority
- Sin and Society
- Autonomy and Authority
- Virtue and Status
- Utility and Progress
- Diversity and Equality
- II: Nonspontaneous Order
- State vs Society
- The Therapeutic State
- Order and Elites
- Order and Virtue
- Self-Perfection
- Socialism and Freedom
- Market Socialism
- Centralism vs Decentralism
- Voluntary Servitude
- Authority and Obedience
- Social Control
- Power and Ideology
- Hegemony
- III: Spontaneous Order
- Freedom and Knowledge
- The Case for Government
- The Case Against Government
- Community vs. State
- State and Morality
- Freedom and Creativity
- Order without State
- IV: Individual and Social Good
- The Right to Privacy
- Autonomy and Psychiatry
- Personal Choice
- Individuals, Groups, and States
- Social Dynamics
- Social Engineering
- Individuals and Groups
- Personal vs. Social Goods
- Individual Rationality
- Self-Interest and Social Good
- Self-Interest vs. Slavery
- Art and Autonomy
- Radical Individualism
- V: Ethics, Rights, and Freedom
- Objective Values
- Natural Law
- Preambles to Freedom
- Social Sciences and Values
- Reason and Change
- Reason and Choice
- Economics and Values
- Legal Naturalism
- Justice as Restitution
- Justice as Punishment
- Rights and Contract
- Virtue in the Market
- Justice under Capitalism
- Profits and Choice
- Social Framework and Prosperity
- Ecology and Rights
- Business' Social Ethics
- VI: Equality
- Problems with Inequality
- Equality, Power, and Values
- Unequal Income
- Equal Opportunity
- Equal Liberty
- Equality of Condition
- The Egalitarian State
- Sexual Equality
- VII: Power
- Empire, Equality, and Envy
- Imperial Presidency
- Empire and Inflation
- Watergate as a Symptom of Empire
- The Pragmatic Presidency
- “Absolute Power” and Corruption
- VIII: Planning vs. Choice
- Origins of Planning
- Bureaucratic Growth
- Prediction and Control
- Government Planning
- Government Experts
- Useless Usury Laws
- Wartime Regulation
- Government Inflation
- Neomercantilism
- Compulsory Schooling
- Planning in Nonprofit Agencies
- Private Capital and Education
- Choice and Spontaneous Order
- INDEX
- STUDIES IN ECONOMICTHEORY INTRODUCING A DISTINGUISHED NEW BOOK SERIES
- CAPITAL AND ITS STRUCTURE
- THE ULTIMATE FOUNDATION OF ECONOMIC SCIENCE An Essay on Method
- ECONOMICS AS A COORDINATION PROBLEM The Contributions of Friedrich A. Hayek
- NEW DIRECTIONS IN AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS
- CAPITAL EXPECTATIONS, AND THE MARKET PROCESS Essays on the Theory of the Market Economy
- MAN, ECONOMY, AND STATE A Treatise on Economic Principles
- THE FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS
- CAPITAL, INTEREST, AND RENT Essays In the Theory of Distribution
- THE ECONOMIC POINT OF VIEW An Essay In the History of Economic Thought
- AMERICA'S GREAT DEPRESSION
- THE ECONOMICS OF LUDWIG VON MISES Toward a Critical Reappraisal
- Now Available:
- Adam Smith: The Man and His Works
- The Wisdom of Adam Smith
- The Theory of Moral Sentiments