David Lewis Schaefer lays out the case that the sixteenth-​century libertarian work On Voluntary Servitude was written by ...

Herodotus’ writings on the Greco- Persian wars contain insights into Greek political thought. Herodotus (c. 484-425 BCE) is often called the “Father of History.” He was not the first person to write a ...

Prosperity and property rights are inextricably linked. The importance of having well-defined and strongly protected property rights is now widely recognized among economists and policymakers. A ...

While Karl Marx hated Pierre- Joseph Proudhon and his philosophy of mutualism, a libertarian can find in it much to appreciate. Although Herbert Spencer has been rightly regarded as the most ...

Crypto- anarchism is a philosophy whose advocates think technology can assist them in creating communities based on consent rather than coercion. Crypto- anarchists wish to be free from state ...

The origin of the idea that liberty could be preserved through the separation of powers endures through the arguments of Polybius. Paul Meany is the editor for intellectual history at Lib er tar i an ...

Anarchism is a theory of society without the state in which the market provides all public goods and services, such as law and order. Although most anarchists oppose all large institutions, public or ...

George H. Smith was formerly Senior Research Fellow for the Institute for Humane Studies, a lecturer on American History for Cato Summer Seminars, and Executive Editor of Knowledge Products. Smith’s ...

"Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property." So declares article 17 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of ...

George H. Smith was formerly Senior Research Fellow for the Institute for Humane Studies, a lecturer on American History for Cato Summer Seminars, and Executive Editor of Knowledge Products. Smith’s ...

Guaranteeing a minimum income to the poor is better than our current system of welfare, Zwolinski argues. And it can be justified by libertarian principles. Still skeptical? Well, here are three ...

Zwolinksi argues that libertarians are right to support private property, but also that private property is more complicated than we sometimes think. An especially vivid and significant example of ...