In an exclusive interview with Lib​er​tar​i​an​ism​.org, James Tooley revisits his extensive research on education in the ...

Jackson’s message looms large in the libertarian memory of early American history, but how often do we stop to interrogate his motivations?

Prosperity and property rights are inextricably linked. The importance of having well-defined and strongly protected property rights is now widely recognized among economists and policymakers. A ...

She ruled as Queen Mother, defied the British, and died in captivity, all to advance Asante freedom.

Why such a contradiction? Because he is frequently used as a boogeyman to be trotted out against “do- nothing- ism” when a crisis emerges. Depicted as a passive actor with regard to both the onset of ...

To discover everything wrong with the Gipper, we have to challenge myths from all sides. “Everything Wrong with the Presidents” series focuses on, as the title suggests, everything each president did ...

Smith discusses the utilitarianism of Jeremy Bentham and why it so alarmed the defenders of natural rights.

Smith discusses Jefferson’s ideas about education and his plan for a decentralized system of public schools.

On top of the failure of his economic agenda, FDR had a dismal record on civil liberties, privacy, and free speech. The “Everything Wrong with the Presidents” series focuses on, as the title suggests, ...

Gene Healy is senior vice president for policy at the Cato Institute. His research interests include executive power and the role of the presidency as well as federalism and overcriminalization. In ...

The sentiment remains apt. We cannot stay free for long if we are not willing to scrutinize, critique, or- - at the most extreme end of the spectrum- - resist the encroachments of the state upon the ...

In this new series on Market Economies in Ancient Africa, we will look at the earliest known African civilizations: ancient Egypt, Kush, and Aksum, how they practiced international trade, and their ...