When it was first released in 2013, Arnold Kling’s The Three Languages of Politics was a prescient exploration of political communication, detailing the “three tribal coalitions” that make up America’s political landscape. Progressives, conserv

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In its dealings with the broader world, has the United States been a force for liberty? Should it be? And if so, how? To answer these questions, Peace, War, and Liberty: Understanding U.S. Foreign Policy traces the history of the United States

Self-Interest and Social Order in Classical Liberalism

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There is a well-worn image and phrase for libertarianism: “atomized individualism.” This hobgoblin has spread so thoroughly that even some libertarians think their philosophy unreservedly supports private persons, whatever the situation, whatev

The American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence

Jul 17th, 2017 2h 18m

For almost a century after the U.S. Constitution went into effect, few Americans seem to have questioned the legitimacy of the Revolution. Since the Progressive generation of historians began the work of serious criticism and revision, however,

Freethought and Freedom

Jul 17th, 2017 5h 38m

Liberty of conscience and freedom of thought are twin, core components of modern life in societies across the world. The ability to pursue one’s vision of the right and the good, coupled with liberty to pursue individual reason and enlightenmen

The Three Languages of Politics

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Specialization and Trade: A Re-introduction to Economics

Jun 6th, 2016 5h 4m

Since the end of the second World War, economics professors and classroom textbooks have been telling us that the economy is one big machine that can be effectively regulated by economic experts and tuned by government agencies like the Federal

Political Philosophy: An Introduction

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Most political debate is superficial. Just turn on cable news. Philosophy is for people who want to understand the deep questions. The goal of political philosophy is to determine the standards by which we judge different institutions good or b

Individualism: A Reader

Apr 7th, 2015 6h 44m

The Libertarianism.org Readers series provides an introduction to the major ideas and thinkers in the libertarian tradition.Individualism is one of most criticized and least understood ideas in social and political thought. Is individualism the

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