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Liberty & Philosophy

The philosophical foundations of individual rights, limited government, and the free society. From Rothbard to Rand.

30 titles in this collection
A Conflict of Visions
Essential
Liberty & Philosophyintermediate
A Conflict of Visions
Thomas Sowell · 1987
The intellectual fault line behind every political debate — explained once and for all.
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A Republic, Not an Empire
Liberty & Philosophyintermediate
A Republic, Not an Empire
Patrick J. Buchanan · 1999
The Founders' vision of American foreign policy — not empire, but republic.
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Anatomy of the State
Liberty & Philosophybeginner
Anatomy of the State
Murray Rothbard · 1974
What the state is and how it really works.
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Atlas Shrugged
Liberty & Philosophyintermediate
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand · 1957
What happens when the producers go on strike.
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Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
Liberty & Philosophyintermediate
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
Ayn Rand · 1966
The moral — not just practical — case for capitalism and why it needs no apology.
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Check Mate
Liberty & Philosophybeginner
Check Mate
G. Edward Griffin · 2021
The globalist governance agenda decoded — and what citizens can actually do about it.
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Defending the Undefendable
Liberty & Philosophyintermediate
Defending the Undefendable
Walter Block · 1976
Free-market logic applied to taboo cases.
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Democracy: The God That Failed
Liberty & Philosophyadvanced
Democracy: The God That Failed
Hans-Hermann Hoppe · 2001
A radical critique of democratic government.
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Education: Free and Compulsory
Liberty & Philosophybeginner
Education: Free and Compulsory
Murray Rothbard · 1999
The libertarian case against compulsory public schooling — short, sharp, and unanswerable.
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For a New Liberty
Liberty & Philosophyintermediate
For a New Liberty
Murray Rothbard · 1973
The definitive libertarian manifesto.
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Left and Right: The Prospects for Liberty
Liberty & Philosophybeginner
Left and Right: The Prospects for Liberty
Murray Rothbard · 1965
Rothbard blows up the left-right spectrum — and shows where liberty really belongs.
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Liberalism: The Classical Tradition
Classic
Liberty & Philosophyintermediate
Liberalism: The Classical Tradition
Ludwig von Mises · 1927
The complete liberal program in one volume — Mises at his most accessible and direct.
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Liberty Defined
Liberty & Philosophybeginner
Liberty Defined
Ron Paul · 2011
50 topics, one consistent principle: individual liberty. Ron Paul's complete political philosophy.
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More Guns, Less Crime
Bestseller
Liberty & Philosophyintermediate
More Guns, Less Crime
John R. Lott Jr. · 1998
The definitive statistical study: more concealed carry means less violent crime.
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No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority
Classic
Liberty & Philosophyintermediate
No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority
Lysander Spooner · 1870
150-year-old argument that the Constitution has no authority — still unanswered.
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Our Enemy, the State
Classic
Liberty & Philosophyintermediate
Our Enemy, the State
Albert Jay Nock · 1935
The essential distinction between government and the State — written in 1935, more relevant than ever.
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Real Dissent
Liberty & Philosophybeginner
Real Dissent
Thomas E. Woods Jr. · 2014
Essays that challenge both parties — war, the Fed, and the bipartisan consensus dismantled.
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Rollback
Liberty & Philosophybeginner
Rollback
Thomas E. Woods Jr. · 2011
Not just slowing government — rolling it back. The case for actually reversing federal expansion.
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The Conscience of a Conservative
Classic
Liberty & Philosophybeginner
The Conscience of a Conservative
Barry Goldwater · 1960
The manifesto that launched the modern conservative movement and Reagan's political career.
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The Constitution of Liberty
Essential
Liberty & Philosophyadvanced
The Constitution of Liberty
F.A. Hayek · 1960
Hayek's masterwork on the philosophical foundations of a free society.
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The Ethics of Liberty
Essential
Liberty & Philosophyadvanced
The Ethics of Liberty
Murray Rothbard · 1982
Natural law as the foundation of liberty — Rothbard's definitive political philosophy.
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The Fountainhead
Classic
Liberty & Philosophyintermediate
The Fountainhead
Ayn Rand · 1943
The novel that launched Objectivism — individualism, integrity, and the heroic human spirit.
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The Income Tax: Root of All Evil
Classic
Liberty & Philosophybeginner
The Income Tax: Root of All Evil
Frank Chodorov · 1954
How the 16th Amendment turned citizens into government tenants — their own earnings taxable by right.
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The Law
Classic
Liberty & Philosophybeginner
The Law
Frédéric Bastiat · 1850
Bastiat's timeless critique of legal plunder.
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The Machinery of Freedom
Liberty & Philosophyintermediate
The Machinery of Freedom
David D. Friedman · 1973
The economic — not moral — case for replacing government with markets in law and defense.
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The Market for Liberty
Liberty & Philosophyintermediate
The Market for Liberty
Morris and Linda Tannehill · 1970
The systematic case that markets can replace government — including police and courts.
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The Production of Security
Classic
Liberty & Philosophyintermediate
The Production of Security
Gustave de Molinari · 1849
The 1849 essay that launched anarcho-capitalism — security as a private market good.
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The Revolution: A Manifesto
Liberty & Philosophybeginner
The Revolution: A Manifesto
Ron Paul · 2008
Ron Paul's vision for constitutional government.
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The Virtue of Selfishness
Liberty & Philosophyintermediate
The Virtue of Selfishness
Ayn Rand · 1964
The provocative case that rational self-interest is a virtue, not a vice.
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The Vision of the Anointed
Liberty & Philosophyintermediate
The Vision of the Anointed
Thomas Sowell · 1995
Why intellectuals consistently get policy wrong — and why they never learn from it.
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