Biographies

James Grant's testimony before the US House Committee on Financial Services. Here find the explanation of our monetary woes.

John Wanamaker was the Gilded Age genius who pioneered the department store, the posted single price for goods, the money-back guarantee, and the practice of giving away free products as a way to promote a business. He believed that commerce would save the world.

Nock was perhaps the finest stylist in 20th-century American literature, writes Frank Chodorov (1887–1966).

Nock was perhaps the finest stylist in 20th-century American literature.

This is the story of four writers, none of whom was a libertarian, but each of whom made a significant contribution to the libertarian tradition.

What DiLorenzo offers is not a biography of Hamilton but instead a critical examination of his ideas and a historical exploration of how they have

What DiLorenzo offers is not a biography of Hamilton but instead a critical examination of his ideas and a historical exploration of how they have shaped American history. DiLorenzo contrasts the statist, mercantilist, and nationalist philosophy of Hamilton with the strict constitutionalism of Jefferson.

Kropotkin is one of the half-dozen cases of anarchocommunists that are worth a second look.

“Peace, harmony, ease, security, happiness, will be found only in Individuality.”

Hutcheson brought to Scottish philosophy a solid belief in natural rights and in the beneficence of nature.