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Epistemological Problems of Economics
Ludwig von Mises
Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.
"Epistemological Problems of Economics" was original published in 1933, a period when the social sciences and economic policy were undergoing upheaval. The classical view of economics as a deductive science, along with the laissez-faire policies implied by that view, were being displaced by positivism and economic planning. Mises set out to put
The Right and Wrong of Compulsion by the State and Other Essays
Auberon Herbert
Издател: Liberty Fund
Auberon Herbert (1838–1906) is an eloquent, forceful, and uncompromising defender of liberty—indeed, in the judgment of Richard M. Ebeling he is "one of the most important and articulate advocates of liberty in the last two hundred years." Herbert was a major participant in the profound and wide-ranging intellectual ferment of the late
Cato: A Tragedy, and Selected Essays
Joseph Addison
Издател: Liberty Fund
"A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty is worth a whole eternity in bondage.""
-Joseph Addison, Cato 1713
Joseph Addison was born in 1672 in Milston, Wiltshire, England. He was educated in the classics at Oxford and became widely known as an essayist, playwright, poet, and statesman. First produced in 1713, Cato, A Tragedy inspired generations
Cato: A Tragedy, and Selected Essays
Joseph Addison
Издател: Liberty Fund
"A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty is worth a whole eternity in bondage.""
-Joseph Addison, Cato 1713
Joseph Addison was born in 1672 in Milston, Wiltshire, England. He was educated in the classics at Oxford and became widely known as an essayist, playwright, poet, and statesman. First produced in 1713, Cato, A Tragedy inspired generations
Cato's Letters
John Trenchard , Thomas Gordon
Издател: Liberty Fund
"Almost a generation before Washington, Henry, and Jefferson were even born, two Englishmen, concealing their identities with the honored ancient name of Cato, wrote newspaper articles condemning tyranny and advancing principles of liberty that immensely influenced American colonists. The Englishmen were John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon. Their
Democracy in America De la Démocratie en Amérique
Alexis de Tocqueville
Издател: Liberty Fund
In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville and his friend Gustave de Beaumont visited the United States on behalf of the French government to study American prisons. In their nine months in the U.S. they studied not just the prison system but every aspect of American life, public and private—the political, economic, religious, cultural, and above all social
Russia
Yegor Gaidar
Издател: The MIT Press
It is not so easy to take the long view of socioeconomic history when you are participating in a revolution. For that reason, Russian economist Yegor Gaidar put aside an early version of this work to take up a series of government positions--as Minister of Finance and as Boris Yeltsin’s acting Prime Minister--in the early 1990s. In government,
Democracy in America/De la Démocratie en Amérique
Alexis de Tocqueville
Издател: Liberty Fund
In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville and his friend Gustave de Beaumont visited the United States on behalf of the French government to study American prisons. In their nine months in the U.S. they studied not just the prison system but every aspect of American life, public and private—the political, economic, religious, cultural, and above all social
The System of Liberty
George H. Smith
Издател: Cato Institute
Liberal individualism, or "classical liberalism" as it is often called, refers to a political philosophy in which liberty plays the central role. This book demonstrates a conceptual unity within the manifestations of classical liberalism by tracing the history of several interrelated and reinforcing themes. Concepts such as order, justice, rights,
Години на промяна
Хенри Кисинджър
Издател: ИК "Прозорец"
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