“There is an inherent difficulty in fixing limits to incorporeality. The regions of thought, like those of the air, are the common property of all.” When challenged by a flurry of letters- to- the- ...

A collection of nine original essays by top philosophers introducing the major moral theories and how they support a libertarian political system. With personal stories, historical anecdotes, ...

Portraits of Liberty investigates the lives and philosophies of thinkers throughout history who argued in favor of a freer world.

Olaudah Equiano, an enslaved African who bought his freedom, became one of the most influential voices in the transatlantic abolitionist movement. Born in west Africa and kidnapped into slavery at age ...

Jonathan Fortier and Bryan Caplan discuss the reissue of Open Borders, and the thorny issues surrounding immigration. An openly nerdy man who loves role- playing games and graphic novels, he lives in ...

Puzzling through the theories, history, and practice of liberty.

Jonathan Fortier talks with Bruce Pardy, Professor of Law at Queen’s University and Executive Director of Rights Probe. Bruce Pardy is professor of law at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, ...

In his first speech as Chancellor, Hitler emphasized the core value of National Socialism: the individual is nothing outside the State. Anthony Comegna received his M.A. (2012) and Ph.D. (2016) in ...

Menger makes one more stab at reforming Classical economics: Land, labor, and capital values are established just the same as any good. As we near the end of our series, Menger has moved us from the ...

As a peace offering for the two sides of Rhode Island’s bitter antislavery divide, Frances Whipple offers this ringing call for abolitionist union. Frances Whipple was a prolific reformist, locofoco, ...

From the Wisconsin territorial capitol, Abram D. Smith captivated his audience with tales of an electrified future of global republicanism. Virtually no one is aware that Abram D. Smith ever existed.

“Misson designed his Settlement[,] Libertalia, [naming his people] Liberi…desiring [that it might drown the] Names of French, English, Dutch, Africans, &c.” In the second of our two- part ...