Economist and historian Lawrence W. (“Larry”) Reed is president emeritus, Humphreys Family Senior Fellow, and Ron Manners Global Ambassador for Liberty at the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) ...

Since its publication in 1958, Leonard Read’s short essay, “I, Pencil,” has helped millions better understand the magic of ...

George H. Smith was formerly Senior Research Fellow for the Institute for Humane Studies, a lecturer on American History for Cato Summer Seminars, and Executive Editor of Knowledge Products. Smith’s ...

Given Aristophanes’ comedic intentions, we cannot be sure to what extent he agrees with the grievances he allows his female protagonists to air – and it would be particularly rash to assume he favored ...

In the United States, Mussolini’s March on Rome (1922) inspired self- reflection and visions for the near future. In late October, 1922, Benito Mussolini followed a column of 30,000 “Black Shirts” ...

Against the levelling impulse in the New Model Army, General Ireton argues that only those with fixed local interests should exercise political power. In the following selection, Ireton presents his ...

Edward H. Crane is the founder and president emeritus of the Cato Institute. Prior to Cato’s founding, Crane was heavily involved in the leadership of the Libertarian Party; he worked on John ...

Smith explains Kant’s basic justification of government and why he opposed the rights of resistance and revolution. George H. Smith was formerly Senior Research Fellow for the Institute for Humane ...

Crypto- anarchism is a philosophy whose advocates think technology can assist them in creating communities based on consent rather than coercion. Crypto- anarchists wish to be free from state ...

Spontaneous order theory is properly located in the history of social science. Indeed, the only part of social theory that can genuinely be said to be scientific derives from it. This scientific ...

While Karl Marx hated Pierre- Joseph Proudhon and his philosophy of mutualism, a libertarian can find in it much to appreciate. Although Herbert Spencer has been rightly regarded as the most ...