Adam Smith authorized the pursuit of honest income. But what should we do with that income? Max Laraia explores whether Peter Singer’s moral imperative to reduce suffering is consistent with Smith’s ...

In 1837, John Lewis O’Sullivan and his brother established The United States Magazine and Democratic Review in Washington, D.C., and it soon became one of the most important periodicals in American ...

Part II in our investigation into the alleged “Business Plot” for a fascist coup against FDR. This is the second installment of our investigation into General Smedley D. Butler’s claims that a ...

One’s behavior sends signals about oneself. From ancient times, luxury has been used as a signal. Drawing on Adam Smith, Daniel Klein exposits the personal traits that luxury might signal, in ...

The reading habits that shaped the American Revolution. The American Founding Fathers did not stumble into liberty by sheer instinct. To understand their world, we must immerse ourselves in their ...

Lilah Kimble is an associate editor for Lib er tar i an ism .org, a project of the Cato Institute. For the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Lilah Kimble reflects on the American ...

America’s political tradition was not built on radical autonomy, but rather on a freedom rooted in human nature and a robust moral order. Brenda M. Hafera is the assistant director and senior policy ...

Brad Birzer’s new book explores the ideas and events that led Americans to independence in 1776. Bradley J. Birzer holds the Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies at Hillsdale College, where he ...

For the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Lilah Kimble reflects on the American Founders’ courage to risk their lives for their commitment to liberty. She asks if, even in less ...

An exploration of how the idea of individual freedom has shaped not only politics and economics but also the arts—from pop music to poetry, from Star Trek to the blues, and from Western novels to ...