In an exclusive interview with Lib er tar i an ism .org, Daniel Hannan talked about the importance of free trade, the Legislature’s role in checks and balances between State branches, and the necessity for defending the values of liberty to maintain a free society.

Libertarianism is rooted, historically and philosophically, in the liberalism of the Enlightenment.But although it belongs to an intellectual tradition dating back centuries, libertarianism embraces a vision of political liberty which is, even today, revolutionary.

Jul 29, 2019 · Liberty made great progress over hundreds of years, but the first half of the 20th century saw it in retreat. It was a time of savage war, oppression, genocide, protectionism, socialism, fascism—a time when humanity experienced the awful power of …

Aug 28, 2012 · As a political philosophy, libertarianism, in the broadest sense of the term, places liberty first. The role of the state is to protect the liberty of its citizens and its citizens must respect the rights of each other.

Jan 15, 1997 · Both the two main lines of Western thought, the Greek and the Judeo- Christian, contributed to the development of freedom. According to the Old Testament, the people of Israel lived without a king or any other coercive authority, governing themselves not by force but by their mutual adherence to their covenant with God.

Paul Meany started working as the intellectual history editor at Lib er tar i an ism .org in 2019. His work focuses on liberty before liberalism, uncovering how ancient and medieval ideas influenced our modern conceptions of rights, liberty, and autonomy.

The word liberalism refers to a distinctive set of beliefs and an associated political movement that appeared in the early 19th century.The first recorded occurrence of the term was in Spain in 1823 when the term liberales, or freedom lovers, was used to describe supporters of the constitutional regime established after the Napoleonic wars.(The liberals’ opponents, supporters of the absolute ...

Mar 31, 2020 · The stereotypes of libertarian attitudes toward the poor range from indifference to outright hostility. Yet a libertarian world would offer the poor a greater opportunity to escape poverty, become self- sufficient, and attain their full potential than does our current government- run social welfare system.

Nov 3, 2011 · In the first lecture in the "Exploring Liberty" series, David Boaz, the author of Libertarianism: A Primer, gives an introduction to the theory and politics of liberty.Libertarianism is the belief that each person has the right to live his life as he chooses so long as he respects the equal rights of others.

Oct 3, 2018 · CG: We have Anthony Comegna, who is Assistant Editor for Intellectual History at the Cato Institute. Hi, Anthony. AC: Hello, thank you for having me. CG: So, how did you come to be interested in history and in libertarianism, and your work that tries to connect both? AC: Well, my “how I became a libertarian” story starts with a big …