Adam Smith authorized the pursuit of honest income. But what should we do with that income? Max Laraia explores whether Peter ...

Adam Smith authorized the pursuit of honest income. But what should we do with that income? Max Laraia explores whether Peter Singer’s moral imperative to reduce suffering is consistent with Smith’s ...

Libertarian ideas surrounding sex work are rooted in consent and individual rights. Libertarians believe that the private sexual choices of consenting adults should not be criminalized nor subject to ...

Smith discusses the crucial role played by the inalienable right of self-ownership in the abolitionist crusade to abolish slavery.

Part II in our investigation into the alleged “Business Plot” for a fascist coup against FDR. This is the second installment of our investigation into General Smedley D. Butler’s claims that a ...

Most of the 20th century proved a disaster for classical liberalism. By 1945, the cumulative result of the two world wars and the Great Depression was that most people, especially academics and other ...

Critical race theory (CRT) is a school of social theory that argues for the inseparability of racial repression and many of Western society’s social institutions and ideas. Critical race theorists are ...

Smith's work explored how markets enable strangers to cooperate for mutual benefit--and his insights help us understand the workings of the modern, hyper-connected world.

Many people believe that liberty is the core political value of modern civilization itself, the one that gives substance and form to all the other values of social life. They're called ...

George H. Smith discusses some of Lord Acton’s ideas about freedom and their relevance to the modern libertarian movement.

Uncle Sam: The Monopoly Man, “Chapter Seven: Paying for Roads,” New Rochelle (NY): Arlington House, 1970, 128-134. Henry Clay once succinctly explained why he favored giving the federal government ...