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  An Elegant and Learned Discourse of the Light of Nature  An Elegant and Learned Discourse of the Light of Nature

Nathaniel Culverwell

Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.

An Elegant and Learned Discourse of the Light of Nature is a concerted effort to find a middle way between the two extremes that dominated the religious dispute of the English civil war in the seventeenth century. At one extreme end of the spectrum was the antinomian assertion that the elect were redeemed by God’s free grace and thereby free

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 The Economics of Politics The Economics of Politics

Gordon Tullock

Издател: Liberty Fund

The Economics of Politics is the fourth volume in Liberty Fund’s The Selected Works of Gordon Tullock. This volume includes some of Gordon Tullock’s most noteworthy contributions to the theory and application of public choice, which is a relatively new science that links economics and political action. This volume combines the best parts of

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 The Power to Tax: Analytical Foundations of a Fiscal Constitution The Power to Tax: Analytical Foundations of a Fiscal Constitution

James M. Buchanan

Издател: Liberty Fund

Commenting on his collaboration with Geoffrey Brennan on The Power to Tax, James M. Buchanan says that the book is “demonstrable proof of the value of genuine research collaboration across national-cultural boundaries.” Buchanan goes on to say that “The Power to Tax is informed by a single idea—the implications of a revenue-maximizing

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"Are Economists Basically Immoral?" and Other Essays on Economics, Ethics, and Religion "Are Economists Basically Immoral?" and Other Essays on Economics, Ethics, and Religion

Paul Heyne

Издател: Liberty Fund

A well-trained theologian, a gifted and dedicated teacher of economics for over forty years, and the author of a highly regarded and widely used textbook, The Economic Way of Thinking, Paul Heyne influenced generations of students of economics. Many of the essays in this volume are published here for the first time. The editors, Geoffrey Brennan

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13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown

Simon Johnson , James Kwak

Издател: Pantheon Books

13 Bankers describes the rise of concentrated financial power and the threat it poses to our economic well-being. Over the past three decades, a handful of banks became spectacularly large and profitable and used their power and prestige to reshape the political landscape. By the late 1990s, the conventional wisdom in Washington was that what was

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2010 Pig Book Summary 2010 Pig Book Summary

Citizens Against Government Waste

Издател: Citizens Against Government Waste

The "Pig Book," an annual report detailing the excesses of pork spending, has served up its usual heavy-duty mockery of congressional excesses. But this year the meat spit is smaller. The number and costs of congressional pork projects dropped this year, the Citizens Against Government Waste said in its "2010 Congressional Pig Book Summary". The

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A Concise History of the Common Law A Concise History of the Common Law

Theodore F. T. Plucknett

Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.

As always during its long history, English common law, upon which American law is based, has had to defend itself against the challenge of civil law's clarity and traditions. That challenge to our common law heritage remains today. To that end, Liberty Fund now makes available a clear and candid discussion of common law. A Concise History of the

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A General History of the Pyrates A General History of the Pyrates

Daniel Defoe

Издател: Dover Publications

Despite varying titles, these are essentially the same book. Published in 1724, Defoe's chronicle of the scourges of the sea was a smashing success, finding a wide audience eager for tales of those cutthroat sailors who flew the skull and crossbones. The Dover edition is more scholarly, including several essays on Defoe, indexes (ships, names, and

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A Gift of Freedom A Gift of Freedom

John J. Miller

Издател: Encounter Books

In the 1970s, John M. Olin, one of the country’s leading industrialists, decided to devote his fortune to saving American free enterprise. Over the next three decades, the John M. Olin Foundation funded the conservative movement as it emerged from the intellectual ghetto and occupied the halls of power. The foundation spent hundreds of millions

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A Historical Sketch of Liberty and Equality A Historical Sketch of Liberty and Equality

Frederic William Maitland

Издател: Liberty Fund

A Historical Sketch of Liberty and Equality is a window to one of the most important historians of all time. This exclusive Liberty Fund edition of F. W. Maitland's classic includes a note on Maitland by Charles Haskins, and a general account of Maitland's life and work, "The Historical Spirit Incarnate: Frederic William Maitland," by Robert

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