The Foundations of Economic Freedom
ABSTRACT
This conference gathered a new generation of classical liberals to meet and discuss the philosophical underpinnings of economic freedom. We aimed not to explore the pitfalls and potentialities of the empirics involved, but rather the constitutive elements of economic freedom in general.
READING LIST
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (vol. 1)
by
By Adam Smith
Edited by R. H. Campbell and A. S. Skinner
William B. Todd, Textual Editor
First published in 1776, the year in which the American Revolution officially began, Smith’s Wealth of Nations sparked a revolution of its own. In it Smith analyzes the major elements of political economy, from market pricing and the division of labor to monetary, tax, trade, and other government policies that…
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (vol. 2)
by
By Adam Smith
Edited by R. H. Campbell and A. S. Skinner
William B. Todd, Textual Editor
First published in 1776, the year in which the American Revolution officially began, Smith’s Wealth of Nations sparked a revolution of its own. In it Smith analyzes the major elements of political economy, from market pricing and the division of labor to monetary, tax, trade, and other government policies that…
Additional Readings
2081. Directed by Chandler Tuttle. Motion Picture Institute (MPI): New York, 2009. DVD.
The Barbarian Invasions. Directed by Denys Arcand. Culver City: Miramax, 2004. DVD.
Alchian, Armen A. The Collected Works of Armen A. Alchian, Volume 2: Property Rights and Economic Behavior. Edited by Daniel K. Benjamin. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, Inc., 2006.
Bastiat, Frédéric. The Law. Translated by Dean Russell. Irvington-on-Hudson: Foundation for Economic Education, 1998.
Bastiat, Frédéric. Economic Sophisms [1845]. Edited by Arthur Goddard. Irvington-on-Hudson: The Foundation for Economic Education, Inc., 1996. http://www.econlib.org/library/Bastiat/basSoph.html (accessed ).
Buchanan, James M. The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan, Volume 7, The Limits of Liberty––Between Anarchy and Leviathan. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2000.
Friedman, Milton. Capitalism and Freedom. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1962, 2002.
Friedman, Milton. “Why Not a Volunteer Army?” New Individualist Review 4, no. 4 (1967): 1-12.
Hayek, F. A. Choice in Currency: A Way to Stop Inflation. London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 1976.
Hayek, F. A. The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek, Volume II: The Road to Serfdom - Text and Documents - The Definitive Edition. Edited by Bruce Caldwell. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Olson, Mancur. The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1965, 1971.