Classical Liberalism: An Overview

Some Recent Additions

Blog posts:

1. “The Classical Liberal Tradition: A 400 Year History of Ideas and Movements. An Introductory Reading List” (20 May, 2021)
2. The State of the Libertarian Movement after 50 Years (1970-2020): Some Observations (25 March, 2021)
3. "One Volume Surveys of Classical Liberal Thought" (11 Jan. 2021)
4. The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism (2008) (6 December, 2020)

Some Places to Start

• A Concept Map showing the key ideas of the Classical Liberal tradition [PDF] and [JPG]
• "An Introduction to the Classical Liberal Tradition: People, Ideas, and Movements". A talk given at the Mannkal Economic Education Foundation, Perth (30 January, 2020). The PDF of my overheads and some Further Reading.
• A lecture on "The Classical Liberal Tradition - A History of Ideas and Movements over 400 Years" given at the IHS in June 2015 - outline and readings
• List of recommended readings from the Encyclopedia of Libertarianism on the Key Ideas of Classical Liberal Thought and Key Individuals and Movements. More readings.
• A History of Classical Liberalism in Three Parts
  • Part 1: Twelve Key Concepts of the Classical Liberal Tradition
  • Part 2: Ideological Movements and Key Political Events
  • Part 3: Quotations from Key Texts Illustrating Classical Liberal Ideas
• a couple of papers on strategy for achieving CL change:
  • “On the Spread of (Classical) Liberal Ideas: Some Thoughts on Strategy” (Feb. 2015) and
  • "Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Scribblers: An Austrian Analysis of the Structure of Production and Distribution of Ideas" (Nov. 2015).
• my collection of Images of Liberty and Power

[See the archive]