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EXPLORING AND CELEBRATING THE HISTORY, THEORY, AND PRACTICE OF FREE, PROSPEROUS,
AND TOLERANT SOCIETIES.

“The only freedom which deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own good in
our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede
their efforts to obtain it.”
– John Stuart Mill, On Liberty (1859)
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REDISCOVERING F. A. HAYEK: 50 YEARS AFTER THE NOBEL




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To commemorate the 50th anniversary of F. A. Hayek’s Nobel Prize in Economics
(1974), this week Lib er tar i an ism .org will republish Hayek’s Nobel Address
and Lecture (delivered December 10 and 11, 1974). To recognize Hayek’s lifetime
contribution to advancing our understanding of free societies, on December 11 we
are excited to share our new short- form documentary, Rediscovering F. A. Hayek:
50 Years after the Nobel.



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F. A. Hayek
Dec 11th, 1974

THE PRETENCE OF KNOWLEDGE (NOBEL PRIZE LECTURE)

Hayek warns the economics profession—and the world—that attempting to use
economic science to “scientifically” manage society can only end in disaster.

F. A. Hayek
Dec 10th, 1974

NOBEL BANQUET SPEECH

F. A. Hayek addresses the banquet associated with the 1974 Sveriges Riksbank
Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, arguing that the
establishment of the prize was a mistake.

Donald J. Boudreaux
Sep 1st, 2014

FROM THE ESSENTIAL HAYEK: HOW WE MAKE SENSE OF AN INCREDIBLY COMPLEX WORLD


Eric Mack
Nov 13th, 2024

ANARCHY, STATE, AND UTOPIA ON INDIVIDUALIST ANARCHISM VS. THE MINIMAL STATE

In this third and final essay in the series celebrating the 50th anniversary of
Anarchy, State, and Utopia, Eric Mack returns to a fuller consideration of how
Nozick defends the legitimacy of the minimal state against the anarchist
arguments advanced by Murray Rothbard.

Eric Mack
Nov 8th, 2024

ANARCHY, STATE, AND UTOPIA: THE AFTERSHOCK

In this second essay commemorating the 50th anniversary of Anarchy, State, and
Utopia, Eric Mack offers further reflections on a selection of key themes of
enduring interest in Nozick’s seminal work.

Eric Mack
Nov 6th, 2024

ANARCHY, STATE, AND UTOPIA AT 50 YEARS

Eric Mack introduces Robert Nozick’s Anarchy, State, and Utopia, one of the most
important works of libertarian political philosophy.

Grant Babcock
Oct 22nd, 2024

NOZICK ON DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ENTITLEMENT AND DESERT

The entitlement- desert distinction plays a pivotal role in the debate between
Rawls and Nozick. What did Nozick take those concepts to mean?

Grant Babcock
Oct 21st, 2024

FEINBERG AND THE LIBERTARIANS ON DESERT

Joel Feinberg’s work on desert plays a pivotal role in modern libertarian moral
philosophy.

Oct 9th, 2024

PERSPECTIVES ON HAYEK: A COLLECTION

A small collection of works about F. A. Hayek to celebrate the fiftieth
anniversary of his winning the Nobel Prize.

Samuel Gregg
Jan 24th, 2024

KNOWLEDGE’S LIMITS AND A NOBEL ECONOMIST’S HUMILITY

Friedrich Hayek stressed the limits of our knowledge and the need for humility
to understand the economy.

John G. Grove
Jun 11th, 2024

THE LATENT WISDOM IN OUR CONSTITUTION

A book review of Yuval Levin’s American Covenant.

John Berlau
Jul 4th, 2022

A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE?

The decision in Jarkesey v. SEC offers an opportunity to reflect on the
importance of checks and balances and the separation of powers.

Lemuel Haynes
Jan 1st, 1776

EXCERPTS FROM “LIBERTY FURTHER EXTENDED”

Haynes argues that there is no principled reason to deny people their natural
rights on the basis of race, and that as such, slavery must be abolished.

Thomas Paine
Jan 10th, 1776

COMMON SENSE EXCERPT: THE ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENT AND THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION

Paine urged the colonists not to replicate the aspects of the English
constitution that caused it to degenerate.

Alexander McCobin
Jun 28th, 2024

REMEMBERING DAVID BOAZ

Remembrances of how David Boaz helped foster the libertarian student movement.

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IN MEMORIAM


IN MEMORIAM: FRED SMITH

On the Cato at Liberty blog, Ivan G. Osorio memorializes Fred L. Smith, Jr.,
founder of the Competitive Enterprise Institute and a champion of the free
market who “cared about liberty because he cared about people.”

In Memoriam: Fred Smith


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