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Liberty Fund, Inc. is an educational organization founded in 1960 by Indiana businessman Pierre F. Goodrich. It holds conferences on a varied number of topics, has published books on many subjects—such as economics, political philosophy, law and history, and maintains several online resources, including the Library of Economics and Liberty, the Online Library of Liberty and Adam Smith Works. Its logo incorporates the ama-gi cuneiform symbol, believed to be the earliest occurrence of the word "liberty".

Websites

Online Library of Liberty
Website maintained by Liberty Fund that provides access to an "extensive digital library of scholarly works focused on individual liberty and free markets"

Web Pages

Our Amagi Logo, LibertyFund.org
Short history of the cuneiform symbol that serves as the Fund's logo, including a reproduction of the larger plaque where it was found

The cuneiform inscription that serves as Liberty Fund’s logo and as a design element in our books is the earliest known written appearance of the word "freedom" (amagi) or "liberty."

Books Published

Essays in Religion, Politics, and Morality
by John Dalberg-Acton, Liberty Fund (publisher), 1988
Third volume of Selected Writings of Lord Acton; includes the essays "Human Sacrifice" (1863), "George Eliot's Life" (1885) and "Buckle's Philosophy of History" (1858)

Related Topics: Ethics, Political philosophy

ISBN 0865970505: Hardcover, Liberty Fund, 1988
ISBN 0865970513: Paperback, Liberty Fund, 1988

The Man Versus the State: With Six Essays on Government, Society, and Freedom, The Man Versus the State, Jun 1982