Economists Dambisa Moyo and William Easterly argue that liberal institutions and incentives, beyond foreign aid and capital ...

In this essay, Bill Glod discusses how natural law theories of morality are in tension with classical liberalism when they ...

The Cato Institute is a public policy research organization—a think tank—dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peace. Its scholars and analysts ...

Left libertarianism is a fairly recently coined term for a fairly old idea. Those people who embrace this view agree with other libertarians in holding that individuals should be free. They regard ...

Smith begins his exploration of self-interest and social order by explaining Shaftesbury’s theory of social psychology.

Farron explores the complexities and contradictions in the work of Ayn Rand, prompting a reassessment of how we square her stated “Sense of Life” with her fiction.

“All the Countries near the Sea side, which the King of Dahome could possibly get at, are not only conquered, but also turned into Desolation.” William Snelgrave traded slaves because it made him ...

As we continue to uncover more about the ancient African world, Anoba will highlight figures who had a profound impact on early Africa’s development.

Thoreau develops a theory of the ethics of civil disobedience in the context of his tax resistance during the Mexican-American war. Thoreau describes his brief imprisonment and discusses the ...

The Hartford Wits were Federalists, but their arguments against democracy may ring familiar to modern libertarians.