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No.<\/th>\n Title<\/th>\n Date<\/th>\n Excerpt<\/th>\n Categories<\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n\n
 <\/td>\n The Declaration of Independence after 250 Years: Success or Failure?<\/a><\/td>\n 24 Apr. 2026<\/td>\n What are we \u201ccommemorating\u201d or remembering this year? It is the 250th anniversary of a political act of rebellion\/independence\/secession of the North American colonies from the Empire of Great Britain; the publication of some important books in which CL ideas were expressed: Paine, Condillac, Smith: the symbolic first stage of putting these CL ideas into practice (in particular the Declaration of Independence on the 4th July); and the beginning of a day of civic ritual \u2013 \u201cJuly 4th\u201d \u2013 on which people still perform certain acts of celebration and memorialisation.<\/td>\n Art<\/a>, CL Tradition<\/a>,, Talks and Papers<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Strategies for Creating a Free Society<\/a><\/td>\n 2 Apr. 2026<\/td>\n At the most fundamental level the liberal reformer needs to know what the connection is between the ideas that people hold, the interests which they have, the relationship which exists between ideas and interests, the actions people take to pursue those interests and ideas, and the outcomes of those actions (whether they are a success or a failure). I have attempted to trace how ideas are created, transmitted, and implemented in a paper …<\/td>\n Strategy<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n
 <\/td>\n Rebuilding the Website<\/a><\/td>\n March 24, 2026<\/td>\n The Digital Library of Liberty & Power has been redesigned. What you are now reading is the new \u201cfront end\u201d to the website which has been in existence since June 2010. We have kept the old website (davidmhart.com\/liberty) as the Repository of the texts in their various formats (HTML, facsimile PDF, and ePub) and my essays and papers, but we are also making use of WordPress for its content management tools and its blogging feature which have ben modified to suit the needs of an academic and educational website …<\/td>\n Miscellaneous <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n
 <\/td>\n Visits to the Website 2022-2025<\/a><\/td>\n December 9, 2025<\/td>\n Since 14 Feb. 2022 the site has had 96,318 users (i.e. visitors) and 132,180 page views (most visitors view more than 1 page per visit), and 3,510 files have been downloaded (probably PDFs). <\/td>\n Miscellaneous<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n\n
 <\/td>\n A Declaration of Independence from the State<\/a><\/td>\n December 8, 2025<\/td>\n 2026 is the 250th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence from the British Monarchy and Empire. After a successful war of independence it was followed by the creation of the American Constitution which was a valiant but ultimately unsuccessful attempt to limit the power of the state and to keep it limited for an \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Libertarianism<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Great Books of Liberty \u2013 the \u201cGuillaumin Collection\u201d<\/a><\/td>\n September 25, 2023<\/td>\n Interview with Ross Cameron on TNT Radio 24 Sept. 2023 My collection of texts about liberty is in the tradition of earlier publishers who helped promote the spread of classical liberal ideas, such as Thomas Hollis (1720-1774) and Gilbert Guillaumin (1801\u20131864). Thomas Hollis (1720-1774) was active in pre-revolutionary North America and published beautifully bound copies \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a>, Guillaumin Library<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n From Bayeux to Guernica: The Depiction of Power, Destruction, and Suffering in War Art<\/a><\/td>\n August 19, 2023<\/td>\n See the PDF of the slides used in my talk Introduction In this talk I want to compare and contrast two important works of art about war, the \u201cBayeux Tapestry\u201d (or the \u201cCanterbury Embroidery\u201d) (henceforth BT) which is perhaps the \u201ccreation\u201d of Odo Bishop of Kent and Bayeux, which was done in the 1070s, and \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Art<\/a>, War and Peace<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The intellectual antecedents of the idea of \u201canarcho-capitalism\u201d<\/a><\/td>\n July 31, 2023<\/td>\n Introduction: 50 Years and counting 50 years ago I first came across the theory of anarcho-capitalism when I was in my last two years of high school (1973-74). I read everything I could get my hands on and I still have most of those books still in my possession, although they are a bit worse \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a>, Libertarianism<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Class Structure of the Modern Welfare\/Administrative State<\/a><\/td>\n July 6, 2023<\/td>\n Date: 6 July, 2023 A Summary View The Sovereign Power The Ruling Elite The Political Class The Bureaucratic or Functionary Class Force Wielding Institutions The Welfare State The Regulatory State The Plutocratic or \u201cCrony Capitalist\u201d Class State Privileged or Dependent Firms & their Employees State Owned Firms State Privileged Firms State Dependent Firms The Dependent \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a>, Class Analysis<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Key Ideas behind Classical Liberal Class Analysis<\/a><\/td>\n July 5, 2023<\/td>\n [Frontispiece to John Wade\u2019s \u201cBlack Book\u201d (1835) showing John Bull (i.e. the British people) who has been captured and tied down (like Gulliver in Jonathan Swift\u2019s Gulliver\u2019s Travels (1726) by the Lilliputians, who in this case are figures representing the army, the church, members of parliament, and the judiciary. The Lilliputians taunt him and rifle \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a>, Class Analysis<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The eBook Collection of the \u201cDigital Library of Liberty and Power\u201d<\/a><\/td>\n December 24, 2022<\/td>\n The texts in this collection are classic works about liberty which I believe deserve more careful formatting. They are either first editions or later, revised, definitive editions of the work. The image I have chosen for the \u201clogo\u201d of the collection is of a \u201cPhrygian cap\u201d, the cap worn by freed slaves in the ancient \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a>, Publications<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n \u0152uvres compl\u00e8tes de Gustave de Molinari<\/a><\/td>\n December 23, 2022<\/td>\n The Institut Coppet has recently published volume 9 of the \u0152uvres compl\u00e8tes (Complete Works) of Gustave de Molinari, thus completing the first 10 years of his long and very productive life. Only 60 more years to go! See a comprehensive (though probably still not complete) bibliography of his works which consists of 73 Books, Printed \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Libertarianism<\/a>, Molinari<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Molinari on War and Peace<\/a><\/td>\n December 21, 2022<\/td>\n Introduction Towards the end of his very long life, the French economist Gustave de Molinari (1819-1912) said that he had spent his entire life fighting in one form or another, protectionism, socialism, slavery, statism, and militarism. He went to Paris as a young man and would-be journalist in 1841 from his native Belgium and began \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Molinari<\/a>, War and Peace<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n A Workers Party Reunion: What\u2019s in a Name?<\/a><\/td>\n October 7, 2022<\/td>\n A group of founders and early supporters of Australia\u2019s first \u201clibertarian party\u201d \u2013 provocatively and toungue-in-cheek perhaps called the \u201cWorkers Party\u201d \u2013 are getting together later this month for a \u201cReunion\u201d. To encourge discussion and reflection on those tumultuous years nearly half a century ago I have listed below some of my recent blog posts \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a>, Libertarianism<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n My Research on the Paris School<\/a><\/td>\n September 3, 2022<\/td>\n Part I: The Rise of \u201cThe Economists\u201d and the Heyday of the Paris School in the First Half of the 19th Century Part II: The Late 19th Century and the Decline of \u201cThe School of Liberty\u201d Part III: Texts and Editions Some blog posts in which I which summarise my thoughts: \u201c An Introduction to \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Bastiat<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n An Introduction to the Paris School of Political Economy<\/a><\/td>\n August 7, 2022<\/td>\n (E)n g\u00e9n\u00e9ral on gouverne trop \u2026 (mais) comment s\u2019y prendre pour simplifier une machine administrative compliqu\u00e9e o\u00f9 les int\u00e9r\u00eats priv\u00e9s ont gagn\u00e9 du terrain sur l\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat public, comme une gangr\u00e8ne qui s\u2019avance dans un corps humain lorsqu\u2019elle n\u2019est pas repouss\u00e9e par le principe de vie qui tend \u00e0 le conserver ?. Pour gu\u00e9rir cette maladie \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Guillaumin Network and the Paris School of Political Economy<\/a><\/td>\n August 7, 2022<\/td>\n [The Moli\u00e8re Fountain on the rue de Richelieu (down the left). The Guillaumin firm was located at no. 14 rue de Richelieu.] Note: See also the following: my blog post on \u201cA Publishing History of the Guillaumin Firm (1837-1910)\u201d (5 Aug. 2022) here my summary webpage on The Paris School a brief description of the \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n A Publishing History of the Guillaumin Firm (1837-1910)<\/a><\/td>\n August 5, 2022<\/td>\n Source of Data Beno\u00eet Malbranque, \u201cListe compl\u00e8te des titres publi\u00e9s par Guillaumin (1837-1910)\u201d, Institut Coppet (janvier 2, 2017) here. David M. Hart, \u201cGilbert-Urbain Guillaumin (1801-64) and the Guillaumin Publishing Firm (1837-1910)\u201d with my list of their titles. It also contains many links to individual Guillaumin book catalogs which were often appended to the books they \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Some Thoughts on Editing, Translating, and Displaying online the Work of the French \u201c\u00c9conomistes\u201d<\/a><\/td>\n August 4, 2022<\/td>\n The Trials and Tribulations of an Editor and Translator [Note: See this page for a list of my writings on the Paris School of Political Economy.] Inevitably there are a number of editorial and translation issues which arise when one attempts to translate, in the case of Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bastiat (1801-1850), 1 million words of a \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Bastiat<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bastiat\u2019s Philosophy of Markets<\/a><\/td>\n July 17, 2022<\/td>\n Introduction The French political economist, politician, and journalist Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bastiat (1801-1850) placed \u201cmarkets\u201d and mutually beneficial \u201cexchange\u201d at the very heart of of his theory of economics which he elaborated in a two volume collection of essays Sophismes \u00e9conomiques (Economic Sophisms) (1846, 1848), a long essay on \u201cLa Loi\u201d (The Law) (1850), and his unfinished \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Bastiat<\/a>, CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Negative Political Party<\/a><\/td>\n July 11, 2022<\/td>\n Introduction There was a sizable swing in the 2022 Federal election to the DNV (did not vote) camp as well as the \u201cinformal\u201d vote, though this is less marked with the revised updated results than with the early and incomplete result I used in my earlier post. I now calculate that the total number of \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a>, Libertarianism<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n On Making the Argument\/s for Liberty<\/a><\/td>\n July 10, 2022<\/td>\n [Honor\u00e9 Daumier\u2019s \u201cLe D\u00e9fenseur (Council for the Defense),\u201d c. 1862-1865.] Note: This is part of a collection of posts on \u201cThe Current State of Liberty and the Threats it faces\u201d. In this post I want to discuss the following issues: the multi-dimensional nature of Liberty requires a multi-dimensional approach to arguing for it the main \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a>, Libertarianism<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Threats to Liberty Part 2: The Size and Power of the State<\/a><\/td>\n July 7, 2022<\/td>\n [James Gillray, \u201dMore PIGS than TEATS, or the new Litter of hungry Grunters sucking John Bull\u2019s old Sow to death\u201d (1806)] Note: This is part of a collection of posts on \u201cThe Current State of Liberty and the Threats it faces\u201d. In Part 1 I discussed state expenditure now and historically in \u201cThe Threats to \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a>, Libertarianism<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The \u201cBig Picture\u201d: Part 2<\/a><\/td>\n July 7, 2022<\/td>\n [The British Atlas holding up the Political Establishment.] Note: This is part of a collection of posts on \u201cThe Current State of Liberty and the Threats it faces\u201d. This is part 2 of a two-part post on \u201cThe Big Picture\u201d. See part 1 7.) We need to show the public in a more convincing way \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a>, Libertarianism<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The \u201cBig Picture\u201d: Part 1<\/a><\/td>\n July 7, 2022<\/td>\n [Australia peeping through the clouds.] Note: This is part of a collection of posts on \u201cThe Current State of Liberty and the Threats it faces\u201d. This is part 1 of a two-part post on \u201cThe Big Picture\u201d. See part 2 Below is a sketch of what I consider to be the \u201cBig Picture\u201d of where \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a>, Libertarianism<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n A List of Posts on the Current State of Liberty and the Threats it faces<\/a><\/td>\n July 5, 2022<\/td>\n [Titian, \u201cSisyphus\u201d (1548-49) \u2013 Sisyphus is pushing a boulder up to the summit in punishment for bringing enlightenment to the people. It might also represent classical liberals and libertarians pushing the boulder of liberty up the mountain of statism, only to see it roll back down again before they ever reach the summit.] Updated: 11 \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a>, Libertarianism<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Liberty in Australia and the Asia-Pacific Region<\/a><\/td>\n July 5, 2022<\/td>\n [Building the \u201cbeacon of liberty\u201d (1876)] Where now is \u201cthe beacon of liberty\u201d? The problem for a small, remote, and relatively insignificant country like Australia is to figure out what it can do to contribute to the broader, international liberty movement and where it fits in. One possibility is for it to become a \u201cbeacon \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a>, Libertarianism<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Threats to Liberty Part 1: Government Expenditure<\/a><\/td>\n June 29, 2022<\/td>\n See an earlier related post on \u201cThe Prospects for Liberty: The Threats it faces and how to counter them\u201d (23 Mar. 2022). Introduction: How Big is the State? Before I discuss what are the biggest threats to liberty which we face at the moment we need to get some perspective on the size of the \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n The State<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Some Thoughts on the May 2022 Federal Election in Australia<\/a><\/td>\n May 26, 2022<\/td>\n This recent election was the first election I have observed close up since my return to Australia in 2020. My wife and I haven\u2019t voted for 47 years. The last time was in 1975 when we voted for the Workers Party, which, if you don\u2019t know, was very libertarian in spite of their provocative name \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Miscellaneous<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Lectures and Talks I have given at the Centre for Independent Studies<\/a><\/td>\n May 9, 2022<\/td>\n Below is a list of lectures and talks I have given at the CIS over the years: L&S Conference: \u201cThe Classical Liberal Tradition: A Four Hundred Year History of Ideas and Movements\u201d, Liberty and Society Conference (6-8 May 2022): lecture slides PDF and supporting blog posts \u201cUnfortunately, Hardly anyone listens to the Economists\u201d: The Battle \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Bastiat<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n 600 Quotations about Liberty and Power<\/a><\/td>\n April 28, 2022<\/td>\n [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] In another post I focus on the \u201cTwelve Key Ideas\u201d which I believe defines what it means to be a \u201cclassical\u201d liberal, rather than a modern or \u201cnew\u201d liberal who holds views which are inconsistent (even incoherent) and is \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Liberty as the Sum of All Freedoms<\/a><\/td>\n April 26, 2022<\/td>\n [Note: This is an updated version of \u201cThe Key Ideas of Classical Liberalism: Foundations, Processes, Liberties\u201d (23 June 2015) here.] [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] In a recent post I discussed the \u201cends\u201d that CLs sought and \u201cthe means\u201d which they believed would help \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Classical Liberal Tradition \u2013 A 400 Year History Of Ideas And Movements: Lecture\/Seminar Outline<\/a><\/td>\n April 22, 2022<\/td>\n Date: 22 Apr. 2022 [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] This is an outline\/overview of my Lecture\/Seminar and extended paper on the history of the Classical Liberal tradition. It consists of the following sections: Introduction: What is Liberalism? CL and the State Liberal Ideas Key \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n A Balance Sheet of the Success and Failures of Classical Liberalism<\/a><\/td>\n April 21, 2022<\/td>\n [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] Introduction Following the rise to power of Louis Napoleon, who declared himself Emperor Napol\u00e9on III in 1852, the radical French CL and political economist Gustave de Molinari (1819-1912) gave a lecture at the Mus\u00e9e royale de l\u2019industrie belge in \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n On the (im)Possibility of finding a \u201cThird Way\u201d between Liberalism and Socialism<\/a><\/td>\n April 19, 2022<\/td>\n [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] Some people can see the logic in applying political, moral, and economic principles consistently and avoiding contradictions which make being consistent impossible. Thus for example, if you really do believe that profit, interest, and rent are immoral (as many \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Multi-Dimensionality of Classical Liberalism<\/a><\/td>\n April 19, 2022<\/td>\n [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] [See also another post on \u201cPlotting Liberty: The Multi-Dimensionality of Classical Liberalism and the Need for a New \u2018Left-Right\u2019 Political Spectrum\u201d (17 April, 2022) here.] Another aspect to consider is the multi-dimensional nature of liberalism. The one dimensional political \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Plotting Liberty: The Multi-Dimensionality of Classical Liberalism and the Need for a New \u2018Left-Right\u2019 Political Spectrum<\/a><\/td>\n April 17, 2022<\/td>\n [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] The Multi-Dimensional Nature of Liberty The full richness and complexity of the nature of Liberty is not well appreciated by most observers, especially mainstream media journalists and political scientists. In other posts I have explored the relationship between the \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Prospects for Liberty: The Threats it faces and how to counter them<\/a><\/td>\n March 23, 2022<\/td>\n Table of Contents (1.) The threats which confront the liberty movement (2.) The task ahead (3.) Looking for the \u201cGolden Thread\u201d to unravel justifications for state intervention (4.) Choosing the right kind of arguments to use (5.) Where we are now and what we need to do next (6.) Conclusion (1.) The Threats which Confront \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a>, Libertarianism<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Mao waves \u201chello\u201d in his Bathrobe<\/a><\/td>\n March 9, 2022<\/td>\n My wife bought me a wonderful statue of Mao in a flee market in Shanghai, which has become one of my prize possessions and has a plum spot in my study. It was of Mao in his bathrobe after he had swum the width of the Yang-tse River. Here is a photo of my statue: \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Art<\/a>, Propaganda<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Fading of Pierre Goodrich\u2019s Dream to Spread the Word about Liberty<\/a><\/td>\n January 27, 2022<\/td>\n \u201cFade to White\u201d The party politicization (pro-Trump republican) of Liberty Fund and its rapid turning away from the Founder\u2019s \u201coriginal intent\u201d of promoting long-term educational and academic goals is the subject of an article in this month\u2019s Indianapolis Monthly magazine. As the victim of the first round of purges of those who defended that vision \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a>, Miscellaneous<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Film and the Teaching of History<\/a><\/td>\n January 16, 2022<\/td>\n [Michael Curtiz, \u201cThe Adventures of Robin Hood\u201d (1938) \u2013 a man who \u201cspeaks treason fluently\u201d to tyrants] [Warren Beatty, \u201cReds\u201d (1981) \u2013 a brilliant political film but about the wrong side] See also \u201cThe Politics and History of\/in Film\u201d. I have used films in my teaching and lecturing ever since I began teaching at the \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Film<\/a>, War and Peace<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The History of the \u201cGreat Liberal Emancipation\u201d 1750-1914<\/a><\/td>\n January 5, 2022<\/td>\n Francisco Goya, \u201cThe Sleep of Reason produces Monsters\u201d Abolitionist Medallion \u2013 \u201cAm I not a Man and Brother?\u201d I have put online some old teaching material (both lecture notes and Seminar Reading Guides) I wrote decades ago when I was working in the Department of History at the University of Adelaide. I wanted to show \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n DAVID HART\u2019S \u201cABC OF ANZAC HISTORY\u201d<\/a><\/td>\n January 3, 2022<\/td>\n The Advertiser of Monday, 31 March, 1997 had a front page article on an \u201cANZAC Day School Pack\u201d which has been devloped by the Federal government and the Australian Army for use in schools on the eve of ANZAC Day 1997. A key part of the pack is an \u201cABC\u201d of key words designed to \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Miscellaneous<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Some Thoughts on Liberal History<\/a><\/td>\n December 29, 2021<\/td>\n [Hyacinth Rigaud, \u201cLouis XIV\u201d (1701)] [Pierre-Paul Prud\u2019hon, \u201cLiberty\u201d (1793) slaying the hydra monster of tyranny] I interpret \u201cliberal history\u201d in several ways. It might mean (1.) The history of the classical liberal tradition, which has at least two components: a history of how and when liberal ideas first emerged and then evolved over time \u2013 \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n J.B. Say and the Transformation of Restoration French Liberalism<\/a><\/td>\n November 20, 2021<\/td>\n Note: This post is a continuation of an earlier one on the scandalous neglect of classical liberal sociology (especially classical liberal class analysis). See \u201cThe Scandalous Neglect of Classical Liberal Sociology\u201d (30 May, 2021). Note 2: A longer version of this was written for my website (with lengthy quotes). The writings of the economist Jean-Baptiste \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Classical Liberal Tradition: A Four Hundred Year History of Ideas and Movements<\/a><\/td>\n October 24, 2021<\/td>\n Created: 24 Oct. 2021 (with 25 posts) Updated: 28 Apr. 2022 (31 posts) [Eug\u00e8ne Delacroix, \u201cLiberty leading the People on the Barricade\u201d (1830)] A Brief Overview \u201cThe History of Classical Liberalism in 1,730 words (and one picture)\u201d (11 Aug. 2021) here. [Revised 12 Apr. 2022.] \u201cThe Classical Liberal Tradition \u2013 A 400 Year History Of \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Incoherence and Contradictions inherent in Modern Liberal Parties (and one in particular)<\/a><\/td>\n October 21, 2021<\/td>\n Revised: 28 Apr. 2022 [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] In his survey of the history of liberalism, The Making of Modern Liberalism (Princeton University Press, 2012), the Oxford political philosopher and scholar of the thought of J.S. Mill, Alan Ryan, observed that everything that \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n What CLs were For \u2013 Part 2: Ends and Means<\/a><\/td>\n October 19, 2021<\/td>\n [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] Liberal Ends require Liberal Means to build Liberal Institutions Introduction Here are some further thoughts to add to my earlier post on \u201cWhat Classical Liberals were For\u201d (13 Aug. 2021). They have been stimulated and enriched by my reading \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Classical Liberalism as the Philosophy of Emancipation II: The \u201cTrue Radical Liberalism\u201d of Peter Boettke<\/a> March 13, 2026 <\/td>\n October 17, 2021<\/td>\n [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] This year Peter Boettke from George Mason University and the Mercatus Center has published a collection of his talks and papers on The Struggle For A Better World (Arlington, Virginia: Mercatus Center, 2021). See the table of contents here \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Classical Liberalism as a Revolutionary Ideology of Emancipation<\/a><\/td>\n October 13, 2021<\/td>\n [Liberty has overturned the Hydra (monster) of Tyranny and smashed the yoke of Despotism (1793)] [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] Several CL\/L thinkers have regarded the efforts of groups of people over the past 400 or so years to create a freer society as \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Hyphenated Liberalism Part II: Utopian, Democratic, Revolutionary, and State Liberalism<\/a><\/td>\n October 12, 2021<\/td>\n [Eug\u00e8ne Delacroix, \u201cLiberty leading the People on the Barricade\u201d (1830)] [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] I thought it might be interesting when discussing the different kinds of \u201cliberalism\u201d to borrow from the common practice of distinguishing between the different types of socialism which have \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Classical Liberal Visions of the Future III: Liberal Experiments, Frameworks, and Archipelagos<\/a><\/td>\n October 11, 2021<\/td>\n [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] Introduction Having a single utopian vision is the hallmark of the statist or the socialist and it is a vision which they want to impose on others by force if necessary. Only in this way can all the errors \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Hayek on Law, Legislation and Liberty (1973-79)<\/a><\/td>\n October 8, 2021<\/td>\n Some Questions and Discussion Topics to Consider Hayek\u2019s Terminology FAH used a special set of terms in his theory which can get confusing for the reader. Here is a list of some of them (see the detailed table of contents of the three volume Law , Legislation and Liberty for an overview): Law: \u201cnomos (the \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Hayek and Spontaneous Order<\/a><\/td>\n September 13, 2021<\/td>\n 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 \u201ccanonical\u201d \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a>, Economics<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Hayek on a Liberal Utopia<\/a><\/td>\n September 11, 2021<\/td>\n [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\u2019s 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 \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Success of Liberal Ideas has led to the Decline of Radical Liberal Parties<\/a><\/td>\n September 6, 2021<\/td>\n [The Chimera on a red-figure Apulian plate, c. 350\u2013340 BC (Mus\u00e9e 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 \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Classical Liberal Visions of the Future II: The Contribution of Gustave de Molinari (1819-1912)<\/a><\/td>\n August 29, 2021<\/td>\n [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] One of the most radical visions of the future written by a radical liberal was that by the Belgian-French political economist Gustave de Molinari (1819-1912)). His conception of \u201cthe political and economic organisation of the society of the future\u201d \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Classical Liberal Visions of the Future I<\/a><\/td>\n August 27, 2021<\/td>\n [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] Part 1: Introduction We have noted elsewhere Hayek\u2019s nearly despairing plea in 1949 for CLs to rediscover their \u201cutopian vision\u201d of what a free society might look like in order to inspire a new generation of young CLs to \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n How Modern Day CL\/Libertarians Differ From \u201cClassical\u201d Classical Liberals<\/a><\/td>\n August 24, 2021<\/td>\n [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] There are numerous similarities as well as considerable differences which separate modern day CL\/L (classical liberals and libertarians) similarities from their intellectual forebears \u2013 the radical and moderate liberals of the 19th century. The Similarities Like the CLs of \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Classical Liberal Movements: A Four Hundred Year History<\/a><\/td>\n August 17, 2021<\/td>\n [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] The Intellectual and Political History of the Liberal Tradition There is a complex relationship between the emergence and development of political and economic ideas about liberty and the actions taken by people to put these ideas into practice. Elsewhere \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n What Classical Liberals were For<\/a><\/td>\n August 13, 2021<\/td>\n [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] Introduction When it comes to identifying what Classical Liberals were FOR, as opposed to what they were AGAINST (see the previous post), I have divided them into three main categories: foundations (or grounds for belief), processes (or actions which \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n What Classical Liberals were Against<\/a><\/td>\n August 12, 2021<\/td>\n [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] It is often the case that you do not articulate clearly what you are \u201cFOR\u201d until you are forced to, by being challenged by something you know you are \u201cAGAINST\u201d. I think this can be said about the CLT \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Conservative and Revolutionary Faces of Classical Liberalism<\/a><\/td>\n August 11, 2021<\/td>\n [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] The \u201cTwo Faced\u201d Nature of CL [The revolutionary Marianne with a sword in her hand vs. the conservative Marianne with a torch and constitution in her hands.] There are two different \u201cfaces\u201d or \u201caspects\u201d to CL which it has \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The History of Classical Liberalism in 1730 words (and one picture)<\/a><\/td>\n August 11, 2021<\/td>\n Eug\u00e8ne Delacroix, \u201cLiberty leading the People on the Barricade\u201d (1830) [Revised: 12 Apr. 2022] [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] In a nutshell (1730 w) this is my view of how the Classical Liberal (CL) movement and ideas have evolved over the past 400 years: \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Classical Liberals on the Size and Functions of the State<\/a><\/td>\n August 10, 2021<\/td>\n Updated: 25 Apr. 2022 [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] [See a larger version of this image.] A key factor in distinguishing the differences between the various strains of liberalism is their attitude towards the state (not just between liberalism and other political philosophies like \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Spectrum of State Power: or a New Way of Looking at the Political Spectrum<\/a><\/td>\n August 10, 2021<\/td>\n [Revised: 25 Apr. 2022] [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] The degree to which classical liberals have upheld the principle that the state should not use (or at least minimise its use of) violence or coercion (the \u201cnon-aggression principle\u201d (NAP)) is reflected in their attitudes \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n \u201cHyphenated\u201d Liberalism and the Problem of Definition<\/a><\/td>\n August 9, 2021<\/td>\n [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] Introduction and the Problem of Definition \u201cLiberal\u201d and \u201cLiberalism\u201d as concepts have been contested since their first appearance, most probably sometime in the late 18th century, when the adjective \u201cliberal\u201d began to be used to describe an individual\u2019s behaviour \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n An Allegory of War and Peace<\/a><\/td>\n July 19, 2021<\/td>\n The Dutch legal theorist Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) published the first edition of his important book on the Laws of War and Peace in 1625 while he was in exile in Paris. His second edition of 1670 was published in Amsterdam and came with two etchings, one of himself and another which was an allegorical etching \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Art<\/a>, War and Peace<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Nicol\u00e1s Maloberti In Memoriam (1975-2021)<\/a><\/td>\n July 2, 2021<\/td>\n Nico Maloberti and I were part of a small group of Fellows within Liberty Fund who understood and agreed with the original strategic vision of its Founder Pierre F. Goodrich (PFG), which was to promote the ideal of a fully free society which would be comprised of \u201cfree and responsible individuals\u201d interacting with each other \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Miscellaneous<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Myth of a liberal \u201cAustralian Way of Life\u201d<\/a><\/td>\n June 20, 2021<\/td>\n [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] Some conservative\/liberal groups in Australia have adopted a slogan first used in the US, namely the \u201cAustralian Way of Life\u201d modeled on the notion of the \u201cAmerican Way of Life\u201d. It implies that such an \u201cAustralian\u201d way of life \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Art<\/a>, Libertarianism<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n \u201cGod save us from the King\u201d: or the Problem of Regal Vice<\/a><\/td>\n June 16, 2021<\/td>\n [Also see my post on \u201cJames Gillray on Debt and Taxes during the War against Napoleon (23 February, 2021).] Last Monday (14 June) was \u201ccelebrated\u201d here in Australia with a public holiday in most of the country. For some reason the eponymously named state of \u201cQueensland\u201d missed out. Perhaps they wanted to avoid the charade \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Art<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Incarceration of Foreign Students at Parafield Airport, S.A.<\/a><\/td>\n June 1, 2021<\/td>\n This morning I received an email from \u201cCathy\u201d who describes herself as a LinkedIn News Editor , asking for my response to a recent story published in the ABC news website on \u201cInternational student arrivals to quarantine at Parafield Airport facility under new SA plan\u201d. Why she asked me I do not know (perhaps because \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Miscellaneous<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Scandalous Neglect of Classical Liberal Sociology<\/a><\/td>\n May 30, 2021<\/td>\n Histories of the discipline of sociology usually give short shrift to the classical liberal tradition. ((See for example the massive and comprehensive (weighing in at 5 vols. and over 5,000 pages) The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Edited by George Ritzer (Oxford: Blackwell, 2007), The Handbook of Economic Sociology. Second Edition. Neil J. Smelser and Richard … Read more<\/a><\/td>\n  <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Making and Breaking the Image of King Charles I<\/a><\/td>\n May 27, 2021<\/td>\n Here we have an official a portrait of Charles Stuart (1600-1649) done in the studio of Anthony van Dyck c. 1636. He is of course at the height of his powers and in his full regal regalia. He ruled from 1625 to 1649 when he was executed by Parliament. When he was in prison awaiting \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Art<\/a>, Propaganda<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Joel Barlow \u201cGod save the Guillotine\u201d<\/a><\/td>\n May 25, 2021<\/td>\n This is another post of my collection of National Anthems which began with the Australian: Australia Day: Girted, Skirted, and Alerted (27 Jan. 2021) and Rewriting and Resinging Australia Day (30 Jan. 2021). God save the Guillotine Till England\u2019s King and Queen Her power shall prove: Till each appointed knob Affords a clipping job Let \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Propaganda<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Classical Liberal Tradition: A 400 Year History of Ideas and Movements. An Introductory Reading List<\/a><\/td>\n May 20, 2021<\/td>\n [Delacroix\u2019s \u201cLiberty leading the People on the Barricade\u201d (1830)] Date: 20 May, 2021 Revised: 22 Apr. 2022 [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] An Essential Reference Work An accessible and very comprehensive introduction to CL \/Libertarianism can be found in the Cato Institute\u2019s The Encyclopedia \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n From Ros\u00e9 to a Sick Rose<\/a><\/td>\n May 19, 2021<\/td>\n During my first bladder operation I was struck by the conversations among the nursing staff and doctors in which my urine was judged according to the colour of wine. My twisted mind of course turned to Joseph Heller\u2019s novel Catch-22 and his account of the predicament of \u201cThe Soldier in White\u201d. I thought my situation \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Miscellaneous<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Bastiat\u2019s Anti-socialist Pamphlets, or \u201cMister Bastiat\u2019s Little Pamphlets\u201d<\/a><\/td>\n May 13, 2021<\/td>\n One of the most prolific and persuasive critics of socialism in the late 1840s was the economists and free trade campaigner Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bastiat (1801-1850). Between May 1848 and July 1850 he wrote a series of over a dozen anti-socialist pamphlets, or what the Guillaumin publishing firm marketed in their Catalog as the \u201cPetits pamphlets de \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Bastiat<\/a>, CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Socialist Critique of Private Property and Free Markets and the French Political Economists\u2019 Response<\/a><\/td>\n May 12, 2021<\/td>\n [The cartoonist \u201cCham\u201d ridicules the plans of the French socialists like Ledru-Rollin who dreams of a new socialist Terror. See, Am\u00e9d\u00e9e de No\u00e9, dit Cham, \u201cCe qu\u2019on appelle des id\u00e9es nouvelles en 1848\u201d (Paris?: Imp. Aubert & Cie, 1848).] Before turning to the criticism of socialism by the French political economists it is important to \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a>, Socialism<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The State of the Libertarian Movement after 50 Years (1970-2020): Some Observations<\/a><\/td>\n March 25, 2021<\/td>\n See my earlier posts: The Presumption of Government Failure | Reflections on Liberty and Power (1 Jan. 2021) What is to be Done? The Rise of Hygiene Socialism and the Prospects for Liberty (2 December, 2020) The Work of Sisyphus: the Urgent Need for Intellectual Change (25 April, 2020)] [Collapsed Building, Bangladesh (Apr. 20213)] 1.) \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Bastiat<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Great Books of Liberty<\/a><\/td>\n March 25, 2021<\/td>\n For over twenty years I have been working on making \u201cthe great books of liberty\u201d (or \u201cGBL\u201d) accessible and more widely known . These GBL are a subset of the larger \u201cgreat books\u201d program pioneered by the University of Chicago under the direction of Mortimer Adler (1902-2001) back in the 1950s. Like many people growing \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Libertarianism<\/a>, Musings<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n James Gillray on Debt and Taxes during the War against Napoleon<\/a><\/td>\n February 23, 2021<\/td>\n James Gillray (1756-1815) trained as an engraver but became best known for making hundreds of caricatures of British social and political life in the 1790s and 1800s. He satirized in particular King George III, William Pitt, the French Jacobins, Napoleon, and many others in the British political and military establishment. A recurring theme in his \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Art<\/a>, Class Analysis<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Turning Ros\u00e9 into Chardonnay via a Middleman<\/a><\/td>\n February 14, 2021<\/td>\n Youtube clip I recently had to go into hospital for bladder surgery and had to stay an extra night as I had bleeding and blood clots. I was hooked up to a diabolical hydraulic machine which pumped 66 liters of saline in and out of my bladder for a day and a half to \u201cirrigate\u201d \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Film<\/a>, Musings<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Socialist Critique of Private Property and Free Markets. Part I: The French<\/a><\/td>\n February 8, 2021<\/td>\n Louis Blanc (1811-1882) When I was researching Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bastiat\u2019s series of anti-socialist pamphlets which he wrote between 1848 and 1850 I looked at the works of the main socialist theorists who were the subject of his ire (Louis Blanc, Victor Considerant, Ledru-Rollin, and Joseph Proudhon). Out of this I drew up a list of their \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Socialism<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Rewriting and Resinging Australia Day<\/a><\/td>\n January 30, 2021<\/td>\n Further research into the origins and meaning of the national anthem, \u201cAdvance Australia Fair\u201d (henceforth AAF), is revealing some interesting facts. The Author: Peter Dodds McCormick (c. 1834-1916) The author Peter Dodds McCormick (c. 1834-1916) (his nom de plume was \u201cAmicus\u201d \u2013 so shouldn\u2019t this be \u201cnom de tune\u201d?) was a Scottish immigrant who came \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Libertarianism<\/a>, Musings<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Australia Day: Girted, Skirted, and Alerted<\/a><\/td>\n January 27, 2021<\/td>\n After a long absence from Australia (20 years) it is interesting and instructive to be here on \u201cAustralia Day\u201d. The day itself was hot and humid (37.5C) as was the perennial arguments about what \u201cthe 26th of January\u201d is or should be all about, when \u201cthe 26th of January\u201d should be held, or even whether \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Miscellaneous<\/a>, Propaganda<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Socialism is Zombie Economics<\/a><\/td>\n January 24, 2021<\/td>\n Zombie Economics A couple of years ago (July 2018) I gave a talk at a Students for Liberty conference on \u201cZombie Economics\u201d with particular reference to the Marxist \u201cmanifestation\u201d of this intellectual beast which refuses to die, no matter how many times it has been \u201ckilled\u201d (intellectually speaking of course). It has been the revolutionary \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a>, Economics<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Lord Acton and The Prince (1891)<\/a><\/td>\n January 19, 2021<\/td>\n \u201cLord Acton\u201d (John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton) (1834-1902) believed that historians should make moral judgements about the actions of the people they studied, in particular political and religious leaders. His best known statement of this view can be found in a series of letters he wrote to Bishop Creighton in 1887. They contain some of his \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Libertarianism<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n One Volume Surveys of Classical Liberal Thought<\/a><\/td>\n January 11, 2021<\/td>\n [Katsushika Hokusai, \u201cThe Great Wave off Kanagawa\u201d (c.\u20091829\u20131833)] [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] When did classical liberals become self-conscious that they were advocating an entire worldview (Weltanschauung) of politics, economics, and social relationships in general which was a) consistent internally, b) was different from \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Art<\/a>, CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Presumption of Government Failure<\/a><\/td>\n January 1, 2021<\/td>\n I would add a few more conditions to the very useful list Don drew up yesterday. These are the principle of proportionality the principle of consistency the principle of the \u201cunseen\u201d and unintended consequences of this intervention the principle of the impossibility (or great unlikelihood) of rational economic calculation by government planners the \u201cprecautionary principle\u201d \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Libertarianism<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Thomas Hobbes\u2019 Iconography of the Leviathan State<\/a><\/td>\n December 18, 2020<\/td>\n See my longer \u201cillustrated essay\u201d on this topic. In a recent post on the cover art of the French thinker \u00c9tienne de la Bo\u00e9tie I remarked about one cover that: This edition by Payot (2016) shows the classic illustration from Thomas Hobbes\u2019 book *Leviathan* (1652). The \u201cleviathan\u201d monarch\u2019s body is composed of thousands of small \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Art<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Institut Coppet\u2019s Collected Works of Molinari<\/a><\/td>\n December 9, 2020<\/td>\n Institut Coppet, Oeuvres compl\u00e8tes The Institut Coppet is a fabulous resource for material on the very rich and fascinating French classical liberal tradition. It was founded in 2010 by Damien Theillier, a philosophy teacher in Paris, its current president is Mathieu Laine, and its very active publishing program is headed by the indefatigable Beno\u00eet Malbranque. \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a>, Molinari<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism (2008)<\/a><\/td>\n December 6, 2020<\/td>\n An outstanding resource for students and teachers of the classical liberal \/ libertarian tradition is the Cato Institute\u2019s Encyclopedia of Libertarianism (2008) which, in its 600 pages of double-columned type, has articles on the key ideas, important figures, and historical movements of this tradition. After a very long wait it is available online. The Encyclopedia \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Libertarianism<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n What is to be Done? The Rise of Hygiene Socialism and the Prospects for Liberty<\/a><\/td>\n December 2, 2020<\/td>\n When I think about the great free trade movement in England in the 1840s, what drove its supporters to oppose protectionism was not a deep knowledge of the intricacies of comparative advantage or the geographical specialisation of production, but a moral sense which we lack today. This moral sense cuts in two different directions. On \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Libertarianism<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Cover Art of Voluntary Servitude<\/a><\/td>\n November 29, 2020<\/td>\n The Cover Art of Bo\u00e9tie\u2019s Discourse I was drawn back to \u00c9tienne de la Bo\u00e9tie\u2019s wonderful essay on \u201cVoluntary Servitude\u201d (written c. 1550, published 1576) because of recent events. Bo\u00e9tie asked perhaps the most fundamental question of political theory, namely, why does the majority allow itself, even asks for it , to be ruled by \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Art<\/a>, Libertarianism<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Plutology II: Disney Plutology vs. WB Bugsology<\/a><\/td>\n November 19, 2020<\/td>\n Being a mischievous sort of chap, when I first came across the name Hearn gave his book I immediately thought it must have been a scientific study of Walt Disney\u2019s cartoon character \u201cPluto the Pup\u201d. The connection between Pluto and wealth or money was rather tenuous until I came across this image of Disney play \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Art<\/a>, Economics<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Plutology I: William Edward Hearn (1826-1888)<\/a><\/td>\n November 19, 2020<\/td>\n I first came across the name William Hearn in Rothbard\u2019s history of economic thought where he discusses some early precursors of Austrian economics. ((Volume II: Classical Economics (2006), \u201c14.8 Plutology: Hearn and Donisthorpe,\u201d pp. 463-65. See Hearn\u2019s bio page for an extract from this here.)) That he lived and worked in Australia at the University \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Rothbard on Strategy<\/a><\/td>\n November 12, 2020<\/td>\n While I was researching Murray Rothbard\u2019s theory of class for a monograph I am writing on The Libertarian Theory of Class Draft I came across some of his other writings on the strategy\/ies needed to bring about a free society, which I thought would be useful to gather together for further analysis and discussion. Some \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Libertarianism<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Coding and Decoding Rothbard<\/a><\/td>\n November 6, 2020<\/td>\n The Mises Institute has made available an electronic version of Rothbard\u2019s important \u201cnewsletter\u201d, called The Libertarian for the first few issues, and then afterwards The Libertarian Forum, which played an important role in the early years of the modern libertarian movement. It can be found at its website in ePub and facsimile PDF versions here. \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Libertarianism<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Bruce Smith (1851\u20131937)<\/a><\/td>\n October 28, 2020<\/td>\n The important although little known Australian classical liberal Bruce Smith (1851\u20131937) was one of the very few voices in Australia arguing for a radical and consistent liberalism in opposition to the statist (i.e. interventionist) version of liberalism which was home-grown in the colonies and the equally interventionist \u201cNew Liberalism\u201d which was being imported from Britain. \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Economics<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Reflections on the Workers Party<\/a><\/td>\n October 28, 2020<\/td>\n Date: 28 Oct. 2020 Revised: 6 Oct. 2022 Nine years ago I was on a panel organised by the Mises Seminar in Sydney, 26 November, 2011 on Australian Libertarian Politics \u2013 \u201cOn the Workers Party\u201d You Tube. I found the notes of my presentation recently and reproduce them here with some revisions. I have also \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Talks and Papers<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Art of the Levellers<\/a><\/td>\n October 27, 2020<\/td>\n In the course of putting together a multi-volume collection of over 300 Leveller Tracts I came across some very interesting title pages which used typography and occasionally woodcuts to add graphical force to the political and economic arguments being made by the authors. The pamphlets were published in their thousands during the 1640s and 1650s \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Levellers<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Richard Overton on Tyrants<\/a><\/td>\n October 17, 2020<\/td>\n About Richard Overton Richard Overton (c. 1599\u20131664) is one of the intellectual and political leaders of the Levellers during the English Revolution. Little is known about his early life although he probably graduated from Queens College, Cambridge and worked as an actor before becoming involved in political pamphleteering at which he excelled. He wrote dozens \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Levellers<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n James Mill on Politics and Class<\/a><\/td>\n October 15, 2020<\/td>\n James Mill (1773-1836), the father of John Stuart, has not been served well by editors of his writings, so I made my own anthology of 28 essays and articles written in the 1820s and 1830s. ((See this anthology of The Political Writings of James Mill: Essays and Reviews on Politics and Society, 1815-1836.)) They include \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Class Analysis<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n An Introduction to Classical Liberal Class Analysis<\/a><\/td>\n October 14, 2020<\/td>\n An Introduction to Classical Liberal\/Libertarian Class Analysis In my long monograph on Libertarian Class analysis (Blog post and main paper) I have sections which deal with some of the themes which were common to most if not all CLs who wrote on class, as well as a chronological analysis of some of the key thinkers \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Class Analysis<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Molinari\u2019s articles in the Dictionnaire de l\u2019\u00e9conomie politique (1852-53)<\/a><\/td>\n October 14, 2020<\/td>\n A Selection of his Articles from the DEP (1852-53) While he was writing his book Les Soir\u00e9es de la rue Saint-Lazare over the summer of 1849 Molinari was also working on 30 articles which would appear in the most important publication the Guillaumin publishing firm had undertaken up to that time, namely the Dictionnaire de \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Molinari<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n A History of Libertarian Class Analysis<\/a><\/td>\n September 30, 2020<\/td>\n Libertarian Class Analysis: An Historical Survey (M)en placed in society \u2026 are divided into two classes, Ceux qui pillent,\u2014et Ceux qui sont pill\u00e9s<\/em> (those who pillage and those who are pillaged) and we must consider with some care what this division, the correctness of which has not been disputed, implies. The first class, Ceux qui<\/em> … Read more<\/a><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Mises on Economic Calculation under Socialism<\/a><\/td>\n September 30, 2020<\/td>\n \u201c A Parallel Edition of Ludwig von Mises on Economic Calculation under Socialism (1920) \u201c with versions of the article in German (facs. PDF and HTML), the Adler English translation, his expansion of his argument into the book Die Gemeinwirtschaft (Socialism) (1922) also in German and English. 2020 is the 100th anniversary of the publication \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Economics<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Gustave de Molinari and the Story of the Monopolist Grocer<\/a><\/td>\n June 3, 2020<\/td>\n Let us follow our hypothesis to the end. To the extent that the progress of competitive industries makes the lack of improvement of monopolized commerce more noticeable and more damaging, consumers will complain more about this monopoly. However, if it is protected by some ancient superstition, if everybody is convinced that it is the nature \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Molinari<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Bastiat on the Seen and the Unseen<\/a><\/td>\n May 29, 2020<\/td>\n Bastiat is justly famous for the idea of \u201cthe seen\u201d (ce qu\u2019on voit) and \u201cthe unseen\u201d (ce qu\u2019on ne voit pas) which was the title of the last book he wrote before his untimely death on Christmas Eve 1850. It was an original contribution to the idea of opportunity cost (which Tony de Jasay believed \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Bastiat<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Work of Sisyphus: the Urgent Need for Intellectual Change<\/a><\/td>\n April 25, 2020<\/td>\n A shorter version of this essay appeared on the American Institute for Economic Research website. Titian, \u201cSisyphus\u201d (1548-49). Introduction There are several deep intellectual and cultural issues which underly the bad policies being introduced by governments all around the world in response to the present crisis. This is only the most recent crisis in a \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Musings<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Experts who advise Governments<\/a><\/td>\n April 23, 2020<\/td>\n \u201cUnfortunately, no one listens to economists\u201d (1852) I have written some short essays on the following topics. The idea is to dip into the past to see what I can find which is relevant to things which are going on today. Jeremy Bentham on rule by \u201cdisinterested experts\u201d or \u201cthe fallacy of authority\u201d (1824) here \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Musings<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Sailing by Lamp Light<\/a><\/td>\n April 5, 2020<\/td>\n Something to cheer us up on a bright and sunny day. Observation Post I am back at my post observing the traffic on Pittwater. Yes there is traffic in spite of the lock-down and $1,000 on the spot fines. I am taking note of the boats\u2019 ID numbers to make a full report to the \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Musings<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n My \u201cFarewell to America\u201d tour (January 2020)<\/a><\/td>\n March 11, 2020<\/td>\n As part of my \u201cFarewell to America\u201d tour in January 2020 I gave the following talks and papers on my way back to Australia: On Bastiat at the Political Economy Project at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire On Bastiat at the American Institute for Economic Research, Great Barrington, Massachusetts On classical liberal class analysis at the \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Bastiat<\/a>, CL Tradition<\/a>, Class Analysis<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Papers given at the Libertarian Scholars Conference, NYC, 21 Sept. 2019.<\/a><\/td>\n March 11, 2020<\/td>\n Was Molinari a true Anarcho-Capitalist? (1.) \u201cWas Molinari a true Anarcho-Capitalist?: An Intellectual History of the Private and Competitive Production of Security\u201d. A paper given at the Libertarian Scholars Conference, NYC, 21 Sept. 2019 [Full paper HTML and PDF \u2013 Slides \u2013 Handout ]. See the abstract of the paper below. Some Thoughts on an \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Bastiat<\/a>, Film<\/a>, Molinari<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Some Key Terms used by Bastiat in his Economic Theory<\/a><\/td>\n December 22, 2019<\/td>\n Here are the \u201cconcept maps\u201d or what I call \u201cvocabulary clusters\u201d of some of Bastiat\u2019s key ideas which I have drawn up to assist me in my editing and translating work. I have done ones for Class, Disturbing Factors, Harmony and Disharmony, Human Action, and Plunder (images below). What the digitization of the collected works \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Bastiat<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Was Molinari a true Anarcho-Capitalist?<\/a><\/td>\n December 21, 2019<\/td>\n As part of the bicentennial celebrations of the birth of Gustave de Molinari, the world\u2019s first true anarcho-capitalist, I wrote the following paper: \u201cWas Molinari a true Anarcho-Capitalist?: An Intellectual History of the Private and Competitive Production of Security\u201d a paper given at the Libertarian Scholars Conference, New York City, 28 Sept. 2019. http:\/\/davidmhart.com\/liberty\/Papers\/Molinari\/ProductionSecurity\/index.html>] The \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Molinari<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Books on Harmony and Disharmony Bastiat never wrote<\/a><\/td>\n December 21, 2019<\/td>\n It is not well known that Bastiat planned to write a multi-volume treatise on \u201cthe harmonies\u201d and \u201cthe disharmonies\u201d which he observed at work both in the economy and in the broader society which surrounded it. This treatise would have a volume or volumes on the \u201csocial harmonies,\u201d the \u201ceconomic harmonies\u201d, and the various \u201cdisharmonies\u201d \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Bastiat<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n 40th Anniversary of the 1978 Cato Summer Seminar in Political Economy<\/a><\/td>\n December 2, 2018<\/td>\n I was going through some old papers and came across the program and my lecture notes for the second ever Cato Summer Seminar in Political Economy which took place at Stanford University in 5-12 August 1978 (the first one took place a month earlier at Wake Forrest). Among the alumni are Ross Levatter, David Lips, \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Miscellaneous<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Celebrating the Bicentennial of the birth of Gustave de Molinari (1819-1912)<\/a><\/td>\n December 2, 2018<\/td>\n 3 March 2019 will be the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Gustave de Molinari, the \u201cfounding father\u201d of anarcho-capitalism. To celebrate this event I have put together an anthology of his key writings on the state which will be published by Institut Coppet (Paris) next year. A draft of the book is online \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a>, Molinari<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bastiat (1810-1850): A Life in Images<\/a><\/td>\n December 2, 2018<\/td>\n Paris from Above: the Three Barriers around the city in the 1840s The Inner Circle: the octroi tax wall and barriers The Octroi gate and wall at Belleville Pulling down the Octroi Gates and walls in 1859 The Militatry Wall built by Adolphe Thers 1841-44 A photograph of the Military Wall at the Versailles Entry \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Bastiat<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n \u201cBroken Windows\u201d: A Screenplay about the Life and Work of Bastiat<\/a><\/td>\n August 6, 2016<\/td>\n Films about Ideas and Revolutions This screenplay is designed to be the classical liberal or libertarian equivalent of Warren Beatty\u2019s brilliant but very left-wing movie Reds (1981) about the life of the American communist journalist John Reed (1887-1920) before and during the Russian Revolution of 1917. See his famous account Ten Days That Shook the \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Bastiat<\/a>, Film<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Bastiat\u2019s Theory of Class<\/a><\/td>\n May 22, 2016<\/td>\n Bastiat\u2019s Theory of Class: The Plunderers vs. the Plundered.\u201d This is the Introductory Essay for a bi-lingual edition of Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bastiat\u2019s writings on class and plunder which is in preparation. It is an attempt to reconstruct from his scattered writings on class the History of Plunder he planned to write but never did. The anthology \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Bastiat<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Leveller Tracts Collection: Chronology of Events for 1647<\/a><\/td>\n April 24, 2016<\/td>\n The year 1647 was a very important one for the Levellers as it brought their demands for political reforms to a head. In March William Walwyn wrote the \u201cPetition of March\u201d (The Large Petition) (T.92) which presented the main demands of the Levellers within the Army. This was followed in October by a more radical \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Levellers<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Economic Thought of Gustave de Molinari, 1845-1855<\/a><\/td>\n March 29, 2016<\/td>\n [Paris being encircled by the State: \u201cThe Fortifications of Paris and its Environs as adopted by the Chambers\u201d (1841)\u2028. The pink area is the old part of the city which is surrounded by a customs wall with entry gates which was build in the 1780s to help the Farmers General collect taxes. The orange area \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Bastiat<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Scribblers: An Austrian Analysis of the Structure of Production and Distribution of Ideas<\/a><\/td>\n October 21, 2015<\/td>\n A Paper given at the Southern Economics Association 2015 Annual Meeting New Orleans, November 21-23, 2015 An online version of this paper is available here: HTML and PDF. Abstract: Austrian capital theory is applied to the study of how ideas (in this case classical liberal or libertarian ideas) have been produced, distributed, and consumed. It \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Reassessing Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bastiat as an Economic and Social Theorist<\/a><\/td>\n September 23, 2015<\/td>\n Most economists and social theorists, if they have ever heard of him, dismiss Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bastiat as a light-weight theorist. Joseph Schumpeter summed up the consensus view in 1954 describing him as \u201cno theorist at all\u201d with the very witty but false put down, that he was a clever journalist who got out of his depth \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Bastiat<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Picasso and the Anti-Vietnam War Movement 1969<\/a><\/td>\n July 12, 2015<\/td>\n I recently came across an interesting poster (thanks to a thoughtful reader) which was used in the 250,000 person \u201cMarch against death : march on Washington\u201d anti-Vietnam War protest march which took place on Nov. 13-15, 1969. You can read the front page story about the march on the NYT\u2019s \u201cOn This Day\u201d website and \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Art<\/a>, War and Peace<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Slavery and the Hypocrisy of July 4<\/a><\/td>\n July 7, 2015<\/td>\n A useful corrective to the unthinking patriotism usually on display on July 4th is to read Frederick Douglass\u2019s great \u201cJuly 5th Oration\u201d which he gave in 1852. He asks his listeners the following important question and then gives a devastating answer to it: \u201cWhat, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer  … Read more<\/a><\/td>\n  <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Golden Age of French Liberalism in the 19th Century: An Anthology in French<\/a><\/td>\n June 30, 2015 <\/td>\n  <\/td>\n  CL Tradition<\/a>, Publications<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n French Liberalism in the 19th Century: An anthology<\/a><\/td>\n June 30, 2015 <\/td>\n  <\/td>\n  CL Tradition<\/a>, Publications<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bastiat (1801-1850) and Rethinking Classical Economics in the mid-19th Century<\/a><\/td>\n June 29, 2015<\/td>\n Talk given to a Conference on \u201cA Brief History of Economic Thought,\u201d Institute for Liberal Studies, The University of Toronto, Bahen Centre Friday 29 September, 2012 Online here Abstract: The decade or so 1845-1856 saw a major re-thinking taking place in the nature of classical economic thought in France. The first generation of 19th century \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Bastiat<\/a>, CL Tradition<\/a>, Molinari<\/a>, Talks and Papers<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Cato Institute Book Forum: The Collected Works of Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bastiat, vol. 1<\/a><\/td>\n June 28, 2015<\/td>\n Online here Abstract: This was a talk I gave at the Cato Institute Book Forum on the occasion of the publication of vol. 1 of Liberty Fund\u2019s 6 volume Collected Works of Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bastiat in October 2011. The volume contains his correspondence and many political essays. In the correspondence we see him moving from being \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Bastiat<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Gustave de Molinari and the Future of Liberty in 1901: \u2018Fin de Si\u00e8cle, Fin de la Libert\u00e9\u2019?<\/a><\/td>\n June 28, 2015<\/td>\n Online here Abstract: This paper examines Molinari\u2019s assessment in two articles he wrote at the turn of the 20th century of the achievements of liberty in the 19th century and his prognosis for liberty in the coming 20th century. Concerning the latter, he successfully predicted two related things: firstly, that anti-liberal policies being introduced in \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a>, Molinari<\/a>, Talks and Papers<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n How Austrian were the French? Or, How French are the Austrians? An Austro-Australian Perspective.<\/a><\/td>\n June 28, 2015<\/td>\n  <\/td>\n  <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Is Biography History? The Relationship between Ideas and Human Action in the Life of Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bastiat (1801-1850)<\/a><\/td>\n June 28, 2015<\/td>\n A paper given at the Historical Society\u2019s 2012 Conference, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, 1 June, 2012 June 1. Online here Abstract: \u201cIs Biography History?\u201d My conclusion is that the life of FB is a good example of how the \u201cbiography of ideas\u201d developed by Ashcraft for Locke and Scott for Sidney, and Mises\u2019 \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Bastiat<\/a>, CL Tradition<\/a>, Talks and Papers<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bastiat\u2019s Distinction between Legal and Illegal Plunder<\/a><\/td>\n June 28, 2015<\/td>\n A Paper given at the Molinari Society Session \u201cExplorations in Philosophical Anarchy\u201d at the Pacific Meeting of the American Philosophical Society, Seattle WA, 7 April, 2012. http:\/\/davidmhart.com\/liberty\/Papers\/Bastiat\/Bastiat_LegalPlunder.html Abstract: This paper comes out of a larger research and publishing project on the life and work of the French advocate for free trade, economic journalist, arch-critic of \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Bastiat<\/a>, CL Tradition<\/a>, Talks and Papers<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Opposing Economic Fallacies, Legal Plunder, and the State: Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bastiat\u2019s Rhetoric of Liberty in the Economic Sophisms (1846-1850)<\/a><\/td>\n June 28, 2015 <\/td>\n  <\/td>\n  Bastiat<\/a>, CL Tradition<\/a>, Talks and Papers<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n On Ricochets, Hidden Channels, and Negative Multipliers: Bastiat on Calculating the Economic Costs of \u2018The Unseen\u2019.<\/a><\/td>\n June 28, 2015 <\/td>\n  <\/td>\n  Bastiat<\/a>, CL Tradition<\/a>, Talks and Papers<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Leveller Tracts vol. 7 (1650-1660)<\/a><\/td>\n June 27, 2015 <\/td>\n  <\/td>\n  CL Tradition<\/a>, Levellers<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Gustave de Molinari and the Seven Musketeers of French Political Economy<\/a><\/td>\n June 26, 2015 <\/td>\n  <\/td>\n  Bastiat<\/a>, CL Tradition<\/a>, Molinari<\/a>, Talks and Papers<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Older Posts to be transferred<\/a><\/td>\n June 25, 2015 <\/td>\n  <\/td>\n  Miscellaneous<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Pablo Picasso\u2019s \u201cGuernica\u201d (1937)<\/a><\/td>\n June 25, 2015 <\/td>\n  <\/td>\n  Art<\/a>, War and Peace<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Waving the Flagg (again)<\/a><\/td>\n June 24, 2015 <\/td>\n  <\/td>\n  Propaganda<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Bastiat Monument in Mugron, 1878<\/a><\/td>\n June 24, 2015 <\/td>\n  <\/td>\n  Bastiat<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Twelve Key Concepts of Liberty<\/a><\/td>\n June 23, 2015 <\/td>\n  <\/td>\n  CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Key Ideas of Classical Liberalism: Foundations, Processes, Liberties<\/a><\/td>\n June 23, 2015<\/td>\n [Note: This post is part of a series on the History of the Classical Liberal Tradition] This idea map is designed to give you an overview of what I think are the essential features of the classical liberal tradition as it has evolved over the past 400 years. See my Study Guides on the Classical \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n About this Blog<\/a> March 12, 2026 <\/td>\n June 23, 2015<\/td>\n This blog contains the thoughts and musings of David Hart concerning the classical liberal tradition, war and the state, and film and art. His main website contains his research and a growing library of books in the classical liberal tradition. See the most recent additions. [David contemplating the move back to Sydney.] For more information \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Miscellaneous<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n One Volume Surveys of the CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n June 23, 2015 <\/td>\n  <\/td>\n  CL Tradition<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Leveller Tracts Project<\/a><\/td>\n June 23, 2015 <\/td>\n  <\/td>\n  Levellers<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Thomas Hodgskin and the Philosophic Radicals<\/a><\/td>\n June 22, 2015 <\/td>\n  <\/td>\n  Guillaumin Library<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Classical Liberal Tradition \u2013 A History of Ideas and Movements over 400 Years<\/a><\/td>\n June 22, 2015 <\/td>\n  <\/td>\n  CL Tradition<\/a>, Talks and Papers<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Images of Liberty and Power: State Propaganda and its Subversion<\/a><\/td>\n June 22, 2015 <\/td>\n  <\/td>\n  Talks and Papers<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Competing Visions of the Future: Socialist and Classical Liberal<\/a><\/td>\n June 22, 2015 <\/td>\n  <\/td>\n  Talks and Papers<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Who put the \u2018Bastiat\u2019 in the Bastiat Society?<\/a><\/td>\n June 22, 2015 <\/td>\n  <\/td>\n  Bastiat<\/a>, Talks and Papers<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Bastiat\u2019s use of Literature in Defense of Free Markets<\/a><\/td>\n June 22, 2015 <\/td>\n  <\/td>\n  Bastiat<\/a>, Talks and Papers<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Economics of Robinson Crusoe from Defoe to Rothbard<\/a><\/td>\n June 22, 2015 <\/td>\n  <\/td>\n  Bastiat<\/a>, Talks and Papers<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Molinari\u2019s \u201cEleventh Soir\u00e9e\u201d on the private provision of security<\/a><\/td>\n June 21, 2015 <\/td>\n  <\/td>\n  Guillaumin Library<\/a>, Molinari<\/a>, Publications<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Liberal Roots of American Conservatism<\/a><\/td>\n June 20, 2015<\/td>\n Date: 28 March, 2015 \u201cThe Liberal Roots of American Conservatism: Bastiat and the French Connection.\u201d A paper given to the Philadelphia Society meeting March 27-29, 2015 on \u201cThe Roots of American Conservatism \u2013 and its Future\u201d. HTML and PDF Abstract: The paper discusses the contribution to American conservative thought of the economist Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bastiat (1801\u20131850) \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Bastiat<\/a>, Talks and Papers<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n On the Spread of Classical Liberal Ideas<\/a><\/td>\n June 20, 2015<\/td>\n Date: 1 March, 2015 David M. Hart, \u201cOn the Spread of (Classical) Liberal Ideas\u201d (March 2015) Liberty Matters Online Discussion Forum. I wrote the Lead Essay for this discussion as well as extensive appendices on \u201cHistorical Examples of Radical Change in Ideas and Political Structures\u201d, \u201cThe Spread of Pro-Liberty Ideas in the Post-WW2 Period\u201d, A \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n CL Tradition<\/a>, Talks and Papers<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The changing Optics of Bastiat Studies<\/a><\/td>\n June 20, 2015 <\/td>\n  <\/td>\n  Bastiat<\/a>, Talks and Papers<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The French Connection: Say to Jasay<\/a><\/td>\n June 20, 2015 <\/td>\n  <\/td>\n  Bastiat<\/a>, Publications<\/a>, Talks and Papers<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Interview about the Bastiat translation project<\/a><\/td>\n June 20, 2015<\/td>\n Date: 30 August, 2014 This is an interview I gave in Nov. 2013 about my work on the Bastiat Translation Project. I have only just now edited it to go online. It lasts for 12 mins. Page with video embedded. Summary: This is an interview conducted by Liberty Fund staff of Dr. David M. Hart \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Bastiat<\/a>, Talks and Papers<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Ernst Friedrich\u2019s \u201cWar against War\u201d (1924)<\/a><\/td>\n July 23, 2014 <\/td>\n  <\/td>\n  War and Peace<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Resources on \u201cThe Great War\u201d<\/a><\/td>\n July 20, 2014 <\/td>\n  <\/td>\n  War and Peace<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The Death of James Garner: \u201cDon\u2019t Mention the War!\u201d<\/a><\/td>\n July 20, 2014 <\/td>\n  <\/td>\n  Film<\/a>, War and Peace<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n So-called New Socialist Ideas in the 1848 Revolution<\/a><\/td>\n July 16, 2014<\/td>\n While working on my talk on the French Economists\u2019 battle against Socialism I came across this marvelous contemporary cartoon by the political caricaturist Am\u00e9d\u00e9e de No\u00e9 (known as Cham) (1818-1879) entitled \u201cCe qu\u2019on appelle des id\u00e9es nouvelles en 1848\u201d (What are called \u201cNew Ideas\u201d in 1848). In the cartoon he mocked the leading socialist figures \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Art<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n The French Economists\u2019 Battle against Socialism in the 1840s<\/a><\/td>\n July 16, 2014<\/td>\n [A contemporary cartoon by Am\u00e9d\u00e9e de No\u00e9 showing the anarchist-socialist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, carrying a pick with which he destroys the foundations of the free market, is confronted by the Greek playwright Aristophanes, a Greek legislator, and a Roman soldier, who accuse him of having plagiarised their ideas.] I recently gave a talk at the Centre \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/td>\n Talks and Papers<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n\n<\/table> \n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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