An introduction to the history of the principal kingdoms and states of Europe

Samuel Pufendorf was a pivotal figure in the early German Enlightenment and, along with Grotius, the great renewer of natural law theory. His version of voluntarist natural law theory had a major influence both on the European continent and in the English speaking world, particularly ...

Competition and entrepreneurship

Competition and Entrepreneurship defines Israel M. Kirzners unique contribution to the economics profession. Pointing out the shortcomings of the traditional microeconomic model, Kirzner offers an alternative and complementary view, which illuminates and enriches the way economists think of the market process. Recognizing that economics cannot ...

In pursuit

of happiness and good government

Respected author, scholar, and columnist Charles Murray has long challenged accepted notions of public and social policy issues. In this volume, originally published in 1988, Murray presents a persuasive and practical argument that reconsiders commonly held beliefs of what constitutes success in social policy by ...

Epistemological problems of economics

First published in German in 1933 and in English in 1960, Epistemological Problems of Economics presents Ludwig von Misess views on the logical and epistemological features of social interpretation as well as his argument that the Austrian theory of value is the core element of ...

The pure Theory of Capital

Hayek's most detailed work in economic theory, "The Pure Theory of Capital" has long been overlooked. First published in 1941, it stood in sharp contrast with fashionable economic thought, which had shifted under the influence of John Maynard Keynes. This publication represents Hayek's ...

My Thoughts

"My Thoughts" provides a unique window into the mind of one of the undisputed pioneers of modern thought, the author of "The Spirit of the Laws". From the publication of his first masterpiece, "Persian Letters", in 1721, until his death in 1755, Montesquieu maintained notebooks ...

Essays on capital and interest

an austrian perspective

The third volume of The Collected Works of Israel M Kirzner presents a collection of writings on capital theory that serve both as a discourse in the history of economic thought and as conceptual clarification in one of the most complex subjects in economics. This ...

On temporal and spiritual authority

on laymen or secular people, on the temporal power of the Pope, against William Bairclay, on the primary duty of the Supreme Pontiff

Robert Bellarmine was one of the most original and influential political theorists of his time. He participated in several of the political debates that agitated early modern Europe, such as the controversy over the Oath of Allegiance in England. Bellarmine presents one of the clearest ...

A Treatise on political economy

"A Treatise on Political Economy" by Antonie Louis Claude Destutt de Tracy (1754-1836) is a foundational text of nineteenth-century, free-market economic thought and remains one of the classics of nineteenth-century French economic liberalism. Destutt de Tracy was one of the founders of the classical liberal ...

Selected writings of Ludwig von Mises

monetary and economic policy problems before, during, and after the Great War

This present volume is devoted to some of Mises' earliest writings. Key Features: editor's introduction, annotations and critical apparatus, notes on the translation, bibliography, biographical notes, appendix, and index.

The excellencie of a free-state

or, the right Constitution of a Commonwealth

First published in 1656, and compiled from previously written editorials in the parliamentarian news book "Mercurius Politicus", "The Excellencie of a Free State" addressed a dilemma in English politics, namely, what kind of government should the Commonwealth adopt? One possibility was to revert to the ...

Democracy in America

In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont spent nine months in the U.S. studying American prisons on behalf of the French government. They investigated not just the prison system but indeed every aspect of American public and private life - the political, economic ...

Institutes of Divine Jurisprudence

with selections from Foundations of the Law of Nature and Nations

Christian Thomasius' natural jurisprudence is essential to understanding the origins of the Enlightenment in Germany, where his importance was comparable to that of John Locke's in England. First published in 1688, Thomasius' "Institutionum Jurisprudentiae Divinae" ("Institutes of Divine Jurisprudence") attempted to draw a clear ...

On the manipulation of money and credit

three treatises on trade-cycle theory

Published by Liberty Fund for the first time in English, "On the Manipulation of Money and Credit" consists primarily of three pieces on monetary theory written by Ludwig von Mises between 1923 and 1931. As a precursor to Human Action, Mises' magnum opus, this volume ...

An account of Denmark

with Francogallia and some considerations for the promoting of agriculture and employing the poor

This Liberty Fund edition of "An Account of Denmark", with its related texts, is the first modern edition of Molesworth's writings. This volume presents not only "An Account", a text that for most of the eighteenth century was recognized as one of the canonical ...

Omnipotent government

the rise of the total State and total war

Published in 1944, during World War II, "Omnipotent Government" was Mises' first book written and published after he arrived in the United States. In this volume, Mises provides in economic terms an explanation of the international conflicts that caused both world wars. Although written more ...

Interventionism

an economic analysis

"Interventionism" provides Mises' analysis of the problems of government interference in business from the Austrian-school perspective. Written in 1940, before the United States was officially involved in World War II, this book offers a rare insight into the war economies of Hitler's Germany and ...

Pennsylvania and the Federal Constitution

1787-1788

John Bach McMaster, a professor of American history, and Frederick D. Stone, librarian of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, assembled newspaper articles, editorials, and records about the debates in Pennsylvania's ratifying convention. In addition to speeches and essays by both supporters and opponents of ...

Redesigning the World Trade Organization for the twenty-first century

Ed. Debra P. Steger. This book addresses institutional reform of the WTO. It focuses on five critical areas for reform: transparency, decision making and rule making procedures, internal management structures, participation by non-governmental organisations and civil society, and relationships with regional trade agreements. It explains ...

The economic point of view

an essay in a history of economic thought

The inaugural volume in Liberty Fund's new "Collected Works of Israel M Kirzner" series, "The Economic Point of View" contains Kirzner's 1960 doctoral dissertation under Ludwig von Mises, a work that established Kirzner as a careful and meticulous scholar of economics.

Economic policy

thoughts for today and tomorrow

"Economic Policy" contains six lectures Ludwig von Mises delivered in 1959 at the Centro de Estudios Sobre la Libertad in Argentina. The lectures were posthumously transcribed by Mises' wife, Margit, and edited by George Koether, a student and long-time friend of Mises. This volume serves ...

The collected works of Henry G. Manne

General editor Fred S. McChesney. Content: Vol.1: The economics of corporations and corporate Law/Ed. Henry N. Butler -- Vol.2: Insider trading/Ed. Stephen M. Bainbridge -- Vol.3: Liberty and freedom in the economic ordering of society/Ed. Jonathan R. Macey. As the founder ...