American/Canadian historian, editor-in-chief of The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism (2008)
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Ferguson, Adam (1723-1816), The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism, 15 Aug 2008
Biographical essay
Biographical essay
Adam Ferguson was among the most original and important thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment. He, together with Adam Smith and David Hume, contributed to shaping the philosophical underpinnings of British liberalism ... Ferguson's work was primarily in the area of sociology and conjectural history ...
[T]he theory ... added strength to the arguments ... that institutional arrangements that operate under central direction are unable to coordinate the many diverse interests, bits of knowledge, and plans that make up what Adam Smith called "the Great Society."
[T]he theory ... added strength to the arguments ... that institutional arrangements that operate under central direction are unable to coordinate the many diverse interests, bits of knowledge, and plans that make up what Adam Smith called "the Great Society."
Hayek, Friedrich A. (1889-1992), The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism, 15 Aug 2008Biographical and bibliographical essay
F. A. Hayek is quite possibly the most eminent free-market economist and social theorist of the postwar world. He was born in Vienna in 1899 and entered the University of Vienna immediately following the end of the First World War. Hayek took his doctorates in jurisprudence in 1921 ...
Hayek died in 1992 ... More important, he was aware that his own work played a crucial role in the revolutions that swept the Eastern Bloc. That is certainly the highest tribute that can be accorded to someone who dedicated his life to the ongoing war against tyranny.
Hayek died in 1992 ... More important, he was aware that his own work played a crucial role in the revolutions that swept the Eastern Bloc. That is certainly the highest tribute that can be accorded to someone who dedicated his life to the ongoing war against tyranny.
New Individualist Review: 1961-1968, The Conservative Press in Twentieth-Century America, 1999
Chapter in part six, "The Libertarian Press"; relates the history of the New Individualist Review focusing on the first six years under Ralph Raico as chief editor
Chapter in part six, "The Libertarian Press"; relates the history of the New Individualist Review focusing on the first six years under Ralph Raico as chief editor
In the fall of 1960, Ralph Raico, then a graduate student working under F.A. Hayek at the University of Chicago, conceived the idea of starting an independent journal dedicated to promoting an open society and individual liberty. The academic orthodoxy ... was ... that the solution to the nation's economic and social ills was by was massive state intervention ...
It is particularly regrettable that the Review ceased appearing in 1968, at the height of the Vietnam War and at a point in the nation's history when the principles to which the Review was dedicated most strongly needed voicing.
It is particularly regrettable that the Review ceased appearing in 1968, at the height of the Vietnam War and at a point in the nation's history when the principles to which the Review was dedicated most strongly needed voicing.
Related Topic: New Individualist Review
The Rhetoric of the Environmental Movement, The Journal of Libertarian Studies, 1996
Examines modern environmentalist literature, criticizing the confusion about "rights" and the claims that technology is "toxic" and that primitive societies lived "in harmony with the environment"
Examines modern environmentalist literature, criticizing the confusion about "rights" and the claims that technology is "toxic" and that primitive societies lived "in harmony with the environment"
Murray Rothbard's 1981 essay, "Law, Property Rights, and Air Pollution," is predicated on the notion that any legal system consistent with a truly free society bars only those acts that involve either the use of force or the threat of the use of force against a person or his justly acquired property ...
[T]here is a strong element of contempt for humankind and of the history of human achievements in almost all environmental literature, and this, I would suggest, deprives it of any moral standing, which, given its other failings, is its only remaining claim to be taken seriously.
[T]here is a strong element of contempt for humankind and of the history of human achievements in almost all environmental literature, and this, I would suggest, deprives it of any moral standing, which, given its other failings, is its only remaining claim to be taken seriously.
Smith, Adam (1723-1790), The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism, 15 Aug 2008
Biographical and bibliographical essay focusing on Adam Smith's two major works
Biographical and bibliographical essay focusing on Adam Smith's two major works
Both a philosopher and political economist, Adam Smith was one of the principal thinkers of 18th-century Scotland, whose name is intimately associated with the early history of economic science. He was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, in the late spring of 1723 ...
He spent his final years in Edinburgh in quiet retirement, secure in the reputation as one of the leading figures of the Scottish Enlightenment. His health began to decline following the death of his mother in 1784, and he died in July 1790, the victim of a painful ailment. He is buried in the Canongate Churchyard in Edinburgh.
He spent his final years in Edinburgh in quiet retirement, secure in the reputation as one of the leading figures of the Scottish Enlightenment. His health began to decline following the death of his mother in 1784, and he died in July 1790, the victim of a painful ailment. He is buried in the Canongate Churchyard in Edinburgh.