The libertarian reader
Subtitle: classic and contemporary writings from Lao-tzu to Milton Friedman
By: edited by David Boaz
Edition: First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 597
ISBN-13: 9781476752891
Subjects: Libertarianism
Description: The first collection of seminal writings on a movement that is rapidly changing the face of American politics, The Libertarian Reader links some of the most fertile minds of our time to a centuries-old commitment to freedom, self-determination, and opposition to intrusive government. A movement that today counts among its supporters Steve Forbes, Nat Hentoff, and P.J. O'Rourke, libertarianism joins a continuous thread of political reason running throughout history. In The Libertarian Reader, David Boaz has gathered the writers and works that represent the building blocks of libertarianism. These individuals have spoken out for the basic freedoms that have made possible the flowering of spiritual, moral, and economic life. For all independent thinkers, this unique sourcebook will stand as a classic reference for years to come, and a reminder that libertarianism is one of our oldest and most venerable American traditions.
Notes: Reprint. Previously published: New York : Free Press, ©1997.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 591-597).
Table of contents: title: Part one. Skepticism about power. I Samuel 8 / The Bible; title: Of the origin and design of government / Thomas Paine, Common Sense; title: Federalist No. 10 / James Madison; title: What sort of despotism democratic nations have to fear / Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America; title: Objections to government interference / John Stuart Mill, On Liberty; title: More of the same / H. L. Mencken, American Mercury; title: The humanitarian with the guilotine / Isabel Paterson, The God of the Machine; title: The state / Murray N. Rothbard, For a New Liberty; title: Self-interest and the Constitution / Richard Epstein, Journal of Legal Education; title: Part two. Individualism and civil society. Understanding can not be compelled / John Locke, A Letter Concerning Toleration; title: Justice and beneficence / Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments; title: The subjugation of women / Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women; title: The liberty of the ancients compared with that of moderns / Benjamin Constant; title: Associations in civil life / Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America; title: Interest rightly understood / Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America; title: Man cannot hold property in man / William Lloyd Garrison, Declaration of the Sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Convention; title: You are a man, and so am I / Frederick Douglass; title: A human being cannot be justly owned / William Ellery Channing, Slavery; title: Rights and responsibilities of women / Sarah Grimké; title: Of individualty / John Stuart Mill, On Liberty; title: On equality and inequality / Ludwig von Mises, Modern Age; title: The tendrils of community / Charles Murray, In Pursuit: Of Happiness and Good Government; title: Private prejudice, private remedy; title: Doug Bandow, The Freeman; title: Part three. Individual rights. An arrow against all tyrants / Richard Overton; title: Of property and government / John Locke, Second Treatise on Government; title: Justice and property / David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature; title: The Declaration of Independence / Thomas Jefferson; title: Equalty of rights / Immanuel Kant; title: The right to ignore the state / Herbert Spencer, Social Statics; title: The constitution of no authority / Lysander Spooner, No Treason; title: The Playboy Interview with Ayn Rand / Alvin Toffler, Playboy; title: Ayn Rand on rights and capitalism / Douglas J. Den Uyl and Douglas B. Rasmussen, The Philosophic Thought of Ayn Rand; title: The entitlement theory of justice / Robert Nozick, Anarchy, State, and Utopia; title: The right to do wrong / Roger Pilon; title: Part four. Spontaneous order. Harmony / Lao-Tzu, Tao te Ching; title: The man of system / Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments; title: Of society and civilization / Thomas Paine, The Rights of Man; title: The use of knowledge in society / F. A. Hayek; title: Two kinds of order / Michael Polanyi, The Logic of Liberty; title: Made orders and spontaneous orders / F. A. Hayek, Law, Legislation, and Liberty; title: Economy as ecosystem / Michael Rothschild, Bionomics; title: Part five. Free markets and voluntary order. The division of labor /  Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations; title: Society and self-interest / Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations; title: Labor and commerce / Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations; title: Free trade / Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations; title: The simple system of natural liberty / Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations; title: What is seen and what is not seen / Frédéric Bastiat; title: Socialism and intervention / Ludwig von Mises, Liberalism; title: Redistrubuting power / Bertrand de Jouvenel, The Ethics of Redistribution; title: The relation between economic freedom and political freedom / Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom; title: The market order of Catallaxy / F. A. Hayek, Law, Legislation, and Liberty; title: If you're paying, I'll have top sirloin / Russell Roberts, The Wall Street Journal; title: Part six. Peace and international harmony. Commerce is the grand panacea / Richard Cobden; title: Nonintervention / Richard Cobden; title: The eclipse of liberalism / The Nation; title: Peace / Ludwig von Mises, Liberalism; title: The case for strategic disengagement / Earl C. Ravenel, Foreign Affairs; title: Toward strategic independence / Ted Galen Carpenter, Brown Journal of World Affairs; title: Part seven. The libertarian future. Capitalism and the permissive society / Samuel Brittan, A Restatement of Economic Liberalism; title: Liberalism in the coming decade / Antonio Martino; title: The power and poverty of libertarian thought / Richard Cournuelle, Times Literary Supplement; title: The culture of liberty / Mario Vargas Llosa, Journal of Democracy; title: Governments in decline / Norman Macrae; title: Paternalist government is out of date / Michael Prowse, The Independent; title: "Creative destruction" and the innovation age / Peter K. Pitsch; title: Evolutionary ecology / Lynn Scarlett, Reason; title: The future of government / John Perry Barlow, Spin; title: The literature of liberty / Tom G. Palmer.