Libertarians believe that, in politics, liberty is the most important value. Almost everyone wants freedom for themselves, but a libertarian also seeks to protect and expand the freedom of others.

Dylan DelliSanti is a writer and economist in Washington, D.C. In 2019 he defended his dissertation, “Three Essays on Adam Smith and the ‘Corruption Debate,’” at George Mason University (Economics).

Max Skjönsberg reflects on the different understandings of liberty in the eighteenth century and the important relationship between political and civil liberty in the work of Joseph Priestley. Max ...

Jacob R. Hall is a Barry Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. He earned his Ph.D. in economics at George Mason Univer­sity. His academic research is in economic history, economic ...

The Cato Institute is a public policy research organization—a think tank—dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peace. Its scholars and analysts ...

Farron explores the complexities and contradictions in the work of Ayn Rand, prompting a reassessment of how we square her stated “Sense of Life” with her fiction ...