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, ...

In which a perfectly normal law firm is unexpectedly disrupted by one of modernity’s strangest byproducts: a copyist named Bartleby. “Bartleby” begins with a general introduction from the narrator, ...

Spooner argues in this radical essay that the Constitution, which he frames as a legal contract, is not binding. The Constitution has no inherent authority or obligation. It has no authority or ...

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

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, ...

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

In this excerpt from an 1883 speech, Sumner discusses the nature of liberty and the implications of the transition from a status- based society to one based on contract. William Graham Sumner held a ...

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 ...