One’s behavior sends signals about oneself. From ancient times, luxury has been used as a signal. Drawing on Adam Smith, ...

This essay explores Mill’s discussion of possible tensions between liberty and harm to others, especially in the context of ...

Juneteenth is rightly remembered as a celebration of freedom. But Douglass’s life and thought point us toward a deeper meaning: freedom is the opportunity to become self- directed, self- reliant, and ...

Most people learn that the American Revolution began over taxes. But the real conflict was much deeper: who has the right to rule? Barbara Galletti is the Senior Producer of Lib er tar i an ism .org.

Prosperity and property rights are inextricably linked. The importance of having well-defined and strongly protected property rights is now widely recognized among economists and policymakers. A ...

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 ...

Libertarianism, and the classical liberalism from which it sprang, supports a strictly limited state, if indeed its adherents recognize the legitimacy of the state at all. The minimal state is a ...

A libertarian world won’t eliminate all poverty, but it offers powerful tools for greatly reducing it, and improving the lives of the poorest and least privileged. Michael Tanner is a senior fellow at ...

Free markets are base requirements for complex and developing civilizations. In this new series, Ibrahim Anoba surveys the evidence from ancient Africa. Ibrahim Anoba is the Editor of African Lib er ...

The origin of the idea that liberty could be preserved through the separation of powers endures through the arguments of Polybius. Paul Meany is the editor for intellectual history at Lib er tar i an ...