This 1949 book by Harper is a short and very readable overview of the concept of liberty, written at a time when liberty was under threat in all sorts of ways. He discusses three types of liberty: of thought, of personal relationships, and economic freedom. He also explores the relationship between rules and liberty as well as the importance of distinguishing voluntary from involuntary relationships. The final chapter is a musing on how liberty can be recovered.
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Letter from Rose Wilder Lane to Leonard E. Read September 16, 1950 by Rose Wilder Lane
Rose Wilder Lane discusses in views of money in this letter to Leonard Read dated September 16, 1950.
The Mainspring of Human Progress by Henry Grady Weaver
Weaver’s book offers human liberty as the “mainspring of human progress.” The book begins with a series of puzzles about why we are so much better off than our ancestors and then explores why systems lacking liberty haven’t worked. The bulk of the book is an historical look at how the “revolutionary” idea of liberty [...]
Let Freedom Reign by Leonard E. Read
One of Leonard Read’s books discussing the morality of free markets and the effects of statism. Read also discusses the philosophy of liberty, the influence of ideas, and the human need for freedom.
Cliches of Socialism Number 33 by Dean Russell
“We can have both guaranteed jobs and freedom of choice.”
Letter from Rose Wilder Lane To Leonard Read September 15, 1950 by Rose Wilder Lane
In this Letter to Leonard E. Read, writer Rose Wilder Lane, expresses the problems she has with Ludwig Von Mises’ views on democracy.
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[...] it does contain other letters pertaining to this interesting debate. One example, which can be found here, is a letter dated September 15, 1950 from Rose Wilder Lane to Leonard E. Read expressing her [...]
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