The Digital Library of Liberty & Power
incorporating the Guillaumin Collection of the Great Books of Liberty
In the coming academic year I will be leading an online discussion on Hayek and Spontaneous Order which is part of a series of Discussion Colloquia for graduate students organised by the Institute for Humane Studies. In this discussion we will focus on the work of a leading classical liberal whose work has become “canonical” … Read more
[Friedrich Hayek (1899-1992)] [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] Since so many contemporary CL/Ls quote Hayek’s 1949 appeal for the rediscovery of a liberal utopia to guide and motivate liberals in their intellectual struggle against fascism, socialism, and other forms of government interventionism I thought … Read more
[The Chimera on a red-figure Apulian plate, c. 350–340 BC (Musée du Louvre)] [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] In a rather unfair and perhaps perverse result of its success over the past 250 years, the impressive success of CL ideas and organised movements (Richard … Read more