Economists Dambisa Moyo and William Easterly argue that liberal institutions and incentives, beyond foreign aid and capital ...
In this essay, Bill Glod discusses how natural law theories of morality are in tension with classical liberalism when they ...
Adam Smith authorized the pursuit of honest income. But what should we do with that income? Max Laraia explores whether Peter ...
Sarah Thomas is a research associate for Lib​er​tar​i​an​ism​.org at the Cato Institute and a former Cato intern. She is ...
Left libertarianism is a fairly recently coined term for a fairly old idea. Those people who embrace this view agree with other libertarians in holding that individuals should be free. They regard ...
The Cato Institute is a public policy research organization—a think tank—dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peace. Its scholars and analysts ...
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 ...
The Hartford Wits were Federalists, but their arguments against democracy may ring familiar to modern libertarians.