World History

Jefferson writes mournfully, "What a cruel reflection, that a rich country can not long be a free one!"

There is a revolution afoot, one that is happening much more quickly than the Industrial Revolution.

A triumphant movement of Adam Smith disciples really begins only with Dugald Stewart.

Bruce Ivins had the skill, the opportunity, and the motives to single-handedly produce the crisis that the state needed, writes Floy Lilley.

Bellikoth Ragunath Shenoy was born in 1905 in the village of Bellikoth, near Mangalore, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. He became a hugely influential proponent of Hayekian theory and policy. He is sadly neglected today.

Why do we have a superstitious reverence for the owners of those sluggish acres?

People found innovative ways of supporting each other before the welfare state existed. This article walks through David Beito’s in From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State.

Is a second American revolution imminent? Frankly, I doubt it.

Governments and their intellectual front men believe that nothing unites a population like a war. Actually, that's not quite true. If you truly want to unite a population, here is a key: drive the dictator out of the country. The fleeing of a despot always leads to unparalleled and authentic celebration.

[Excerpted from chapter 4 in part 1 of the The Turgot Collection