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The Selected Works of Gordon Tullock
by Gordon Tullock
/ Learn MoreDuring the past half-century Gordon Tullock continually advanced the frontiers of political economy, most particularly with respect to the workings of representative democracies and of autocracies. This ten-volume series, edited and arranged thematically, brings together Tullock’s most significant contributions to economics, political science, public choice, sociology, law and economics, and bioeconomics. Scholars will undoubtedly find the extensive breadth and depth…
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Selected Writings of Lord Acton
by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
/ Learn MoreLord Acton was among the most illustrious historians of nineteenth-century England, a man of great learning with a deep devotion to individual liberty and a profound understanding of history. Liberty Fund is proud to offer the most complete collection of Acton essays ever published. Volume I: Essays in the History of Liberty Included are his two famous essays on the…
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The Selected Writings of Sir Edward Coke
by Sir Edward Coke
/ Learn MoreSir Edward Coke (1552–1634) successfully defended English liberties against the royal prerogative of the Stuart kings and virtually single-handedly established the rule of law for the English-speaking peoples. Coke’s view of English law has had a powerful influence on lawyers, judges, and politicians through the present day. It was Coke’s astonishing task to set down the whole of the law—from…
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Selections from Three Works
by Francisco Suárez
/ Learn MoreFrancisco Suárez (1548–1617) was the greatest metaphysician and moral theorist of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century scholasticism. Suárez is of particular importance as a theorist of natural law and of rights, for his work combines expertise in moral theory with a mastery of civil and ecclesiastical jurisprudence and a sophisticated theory of the human person. The bulk of the selections in this…
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The Sensory Order and Other Writings on the Foundations of Theoretical Psychology
by F. A. Hayek
/ Learn MoreHayek was one of the leading voices in economic and social theory; however, he also wrote on theoretical psychology. The Sensory Order, first published in 1952, sets forth his classic theory of mind in which he describes the mental mechanism that classifies perceptions that cannot be accounted for by physical laws. Although The Sensory Order was not widely engaged with by either psychologists…
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The Servile State
by Hilaire Belloc
/ Learn MoreHilaire Belloc (1870–1953) was one of the most respected men of his day for his learning, insight, wit, and brilliant literary style. Author of over a hundred books and articles, Belloc was a journalist, polemicist, social and political analyst, literary critic, poet, and novelist. The Servile State has endured as his most important political work. The effect of socialist doctrine…
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Sketches of the History of Man
by Lord (Henry Home) Kames
/ Learn MoreDivided into three books, Kames’s Sketches of the History of Man draws together the concerns of many of his earlier works. The first book considers man in the private sphere, while the second explores man in the public sphere. The final book is an account of progress in the sciences of logic, morals, and theology. Throughout the entire work, Kames…
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Social Contract, Free Ride
by Anthony de Jasay
/ Learn MoreSocial Contract, Free Ride is a cogent argument that strikes at the very foundations of traditional economic apologies for coercive action by the state to fulfill necessary public utility. Anthony de Jasay is an independent theorist living in France.
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The Social Dilemma
by Gordon Tullock
/ Learn MoreThe Social Dilemma reflects Tullock’s contributions to areas of public choice that typically are ignored by mainstream scholars, who tend to focus on cooperative, democratic states. Tullock explores instead the workings of the dictatorial state and the economics of war between nations. Gordon Tullock is Professor Emeritus of Law at George Mason University, where he was Distinguished Research Fellow in…
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Social Justice and the Indian Rope Trick
by Anthony de Jasay
/ Learn MoreAnthony de Jasay is arguably one of the most influential independent thinkers and libertarian political philosophers of our time. Through his writings, he challenges the reigning paradigms justifying modern democratic government, providing an antidote to the well-intentioned yet, in Jasay’s opinion, naive expansion of state power furthered by much of modern thought today. In this collection of witty and compelling…
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The Social Order
by Jacques Rueff
/ Learn MoreWhat is the connection between sound money and a stable society? In The Social Order, Jacques Rueff—one of France’s most distinguished twentieth-century economists—delivers a penetrating analysis of how monetary and fiscal policy shape not only economic outcomes but the very fabric of social life. Originally published at a moment of great monetary upheaval and now available in English for the…
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Socialism
by Ludwig von Mises
/ Learn MoreMore than thirty years ago F. A. Hayek said of Socialism: “It was a work on political economy in the tradition of the great moral philosophers, a Montesquieu or Adam Smith, containing both acute knowledge and profound wisdom. . . . To none of us young men who read the book when it appeared was the world ever the same…
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