John Hospers was a professor of philosophy and the first Presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party in 1972. Via Wikipedia: “Hospers and Toni Nathan received one electoral vote from faithless elector Roger MacBride, a Republican from...
Roscoe Pound was an influential legal scholar in the early 20th century. In this book he discusses common law, which is a foundational principle of the American legal system. Click here for past recommendations. Description THE SPIRIT OF THE COMMON...
This is a classic in the libertarian canon describing the origins and problems with the Federal Reserve. Click here for past recommendations. Description Where does money come from? Where does it go? Who makes it? The money magicians’ secrets...
Democracy is still a new practice in the last millennium, and this book highlights how they develop. Click here for past recommendations. Description ‘Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been...
This book details the rise of American wealth from the beginning of the country to the year 2000. Click here for past recommendations. Description Throughout time, from ancient Rome to modern Britain, the great empires built and maintained their...
Milton Friedman was libertarian economist that won the Nobel prize in economics. He was a gifted intellectual that could explain his expertise to the common man. He was an author and a documentary filmmaker as well. Search for “Free to...
This is an important book for understanding politics. Why have we sorted into two sides? Thomas Sowell explains the two visions for politics: one vision in which law is constraining human nature and the unconstrained vision where adherents believe...
The case against capitalism is often framed in terms of morality. This book makes the moral case for free markets. Click here for past recommendations. Description The second in the “What Your Professors Won’t Tell You” series of...
Have you heard the term “Luddite”? It’s become a term for someone that opposes technology, but it was a group that opposed progress in general. Their story has parallels for today. Click here for past recommendations. Description...
Today’s recommendation is not a book but a quarterly journal produced by the Cato Institute. Four times a year, a read can have solid libertarian policy prescriptions mailed to them. Click here to purchase. Click here for past recommendations...
