If Old South slavery was so awful, how did it produce poet George Moses Horton?--Through his life and verse, we seek out an answer.

In an exclusive interview with Libertarianism.org, Daniel Hannan talked about the importance of free trade, the Legislature's role in checks and balances between State branches, and the necessity for ...

Smith criticizes Jason Brennan’s defense of positive liberty and his attempt to make positive liberty an essential part of libertarian theory.

Stressing the anti-centralization impulse in libertarianism, D'Amato envisions a future without bureaucratic central planners—socialist or corporate.

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 ...

A few remarks on gains from trade, restrictions on economic freedom, and sugar-free grape gum.

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

“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 ...

D'Amato argues that Adam Smith's role as a critic of incumbent mercantilist interests has been wrongly obscured by those who see him as aligned with the right. Where does Adam Smith fit into the ...

"Let us attach ourselves firmly [to] civilization — justice, legality, publicity, Liberty; and let us never forget [that we] are under the eye of the world." ...

Presley begins a series of posts describing a "psychology of freedom" and explaining its relevance to libertarianism more broadly.

Camped between two epochs in English history and two factions in a civil war, the New Model Army debates republicanism, slavery, and freedom.