Lawrence H. White, Liberty Matters: Ludwig von Mises’s The Theory of Money and Credit at 101 (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2014).

Aurelian Craiutu argues that Tocqueville was not just an observer of democracy in America but also a theorist of democracy who wanted to create “a new science of politics” suitable to the new world which was beginning to take shape at that time. Craiutu points out four dimensions of Tocqueville’s new science of politics that might help us better understand his thinking. The first is that Tocqueville’s new science of politics is fundamentally cross-disciplinary, at the intersection of political science, sociology, anthropology, history, and philosophy. He then goes on to discuss the other dimensions such as its comparative, normative, and political dimensions. He concludes that his works must therefore be seen as belonging to a larger French tradition of political engagement and political rhetoric in which the writer enters into a subtle and complex pedagogical relationship with his audience, seeking to convince and inspire his readers to political action. This thesis is discussed by Daniel J. Mahoney of Assumption College, Filippo Sabetti of McGill University, and Jeremy R. Jennings of King’s College London.

This online discussion is part of the series “Liberty Matters: A Forum for the Discussion of Matters pertaining to Liberty.” Lawrence H. White revisits Mises' pathbreaking 1912 book on Mises’ book The Theory of Money and Credit. The soundness of his theory of money is tested against the recent emergence of a new form of currency known as Bitcoin. Responding to his essay are Jörg Guido Hülsmann, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, and George Selgin.

The Best of the OLL No. 64: James Mill, “Liberty of the Press” (1825) (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2014).

This is part of “The Best of the Online Library of Liberty” which is a collection of some of the most important material in the OLL. A thematic list with links to HTML versions of the texts is available here. This extract comes from a collection of supplementary articles written for the 1825 edition of the *Encyclopedia Britannica". It is a concise and influential statement of the utilitarian defence of freedom of speech.

The Best of the OLL No. 63: John Milton, “For the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing” (1664) (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2014).

This is part of “The Best of the Online Library of Liberty” which is a collection of some of the most important material in the OLL. A thematic list with links to HTML versions of the texts is available here. This extract comes from John Milton’s defence of the freedom of publishing, Areopagitica (1644) written to persuade Parliament to lift the requirement for government licenses to be issued before anything could be printed.

The Best of the OLL No. 62: John Stuart Mill, “On Representative Government” (1861) (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2014).

This is part of “The Best of the Online Library of Liberty” which is a collection of some of the most important material in the OLL. This one comes from Mill’s book on *Considerations of Representative Government" where he argues that representative government is the best form of government there is.

The Works of Benjamin Franklin, including the Private as well as the Official and Scientific Correspondence, together with the Unmutilated and Correct Version of the Autobiography, compiled and edited by John Bigelow (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1904). The Federal Edition in 12 volumes. Vol. VII (Letters and Misc. Writings 1775-1779).