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Links for Liberalism and Laissez-faire

General pages and history of liberalism - Liberalism as philosophical and political doctrine - Libertarianism and free-market liberalism - Left-wing liberalism - Bibliographies - Neo-liberalism - Laissez-faire - Interventionism - Resources

General pages & history of liberalism

19thC Liberal Europe Table of Contents
Tutorials on history & characterization of liberalism, several specific aspects discussed. With rich bibliographies
Liberalism, an Encarta Encyclopedia Article Titled "Liberalism"
The essence of classical liberalism
by Henrik Jordahl, FMSF - Sweden
Modern Liberalism: A History Gone Wrong
A Somewhat Brief History, from 1770 to 1990
The Rise, Decline, And Reemergence Of Classical Liberalism
by Amy H. Sturgis © The LockeSmith Institute, 1994
Liberalism (Encyclopædia Britannica)
Liberalism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

Liberalism as philosophical & political doctrine

In Defense of Enlightenment Liberalism
by Andrew Altman, associate professor of philosophy at The George Washington University
THE CASE FOR REDISTRIBUTIVE LIBERALISM
James Stodder, Lally School of Management & Technology, Rensselaer at Hartford, 9 Dec. 1997
Consequences of the Modernist Liberal Abandonment of Classical Conceptions of Practical Philosophy
Thomas Bridges. The abandonment by modernist liberalism of classical conceptions of practical knowledge forced liberal doctrine to assume the form of a logically compelling philosophical justification of liberal political institutions
20th WCP: Liberalism, Civic Reformism and Democracy
by osé María Rosales, Universidad de Málaga. This paper argues that liberalism provides democracy with the experience of civic reformism
Political Philosophy: Lecture 10: Rawls's Political Liberalism
Chris Bertram's Political Philosophy Lectures 1999-2000
Intellectual History of Classical Liberalism
review of Pierre Manent's An Intellectual History of Liberalism, by Peter Berkowitz, in The Daily Republican
Liberty and the state
Highlights from a TPM public debate, held at the University of North London: David Conway and Alan Haworth argue for and against the libertarian position.

Libertarianism & Free market liberalism

LSE Hayek Society: Capitalist Links
links to Austian, Libertarian and objectivist pages
Cato Policy Analysis Series
James Buchanan | Saving the Soul of Classical Liberalism
From The Wall Street Journal, January 1, 2000
LIBERTY VERSUS LIBERALISM
LIBERTY VERSUS LIBERALISM: HOW LIBERALISM NEITHER CREATED NOR DEFENDED ENGLISH LIBERTY, By Sean Gabb (Libertarian Heritage No. 9)
LibertyHaven - theoretical and philosophical issues
The Capitalism site
Laissez Faire Books
A dedicated bookshop. Books are reviewed.

Left-wing liberalism

Liberalism and the Left--a symposium, by Radical History Review
THE DEFINITION OF LIBERALISM
part of Liberalism Resurgent: A Response to the Right, by Steve Kangas
Turn Left: About Liberalism
links to left-wing interpretations of liberalism
Liberalism Resurgent
LIBERALISM RESURGENT: A Response to the Right (edited by Steve Kangas)

Bibliographies

Libertarian Bibliography
on several topics, grouped under philosophy, economics, history, law, etc.
Liberalism - annotated bibliography, with a few links
@ erratic impact: Philosophy research base
Liberalism and social policy - bibliography
Guide to Classical Liberal Scholarship
Annotated bibliography of (almost) contemporary liberal authors, by the Institute of Humane Studies (a libertarian site, another one with funny idea of 'classical' - besides an unavoidable reference to Smith)
Scholarly and In-Depth Studies Directory from FMN: The Freedom Network
Bibliographies (funy idea of 'early classical liberalism, though, which seems to begin somewhere around Hayek)
THE FREE MARKET AND LAISSEZ-FAIRE
By Dr. David M. Hart, Department of History, University of Adelaide. Interesting references list
Bibliographie: writings on liberalism and liberty
prepared by Institute for Economic Studies Europe, an association "qui offre aux étudiants l'occasion de se familiariser ou d'approfondir les principes de la philosophie politique classique libérale".
Directory for Early Classical Liberalism
from FMN: The Freedom Network
The Heritage of Classical Liberalism - bibliography
Guide to Classical Liberal Scholarship, by Tom G. Palmer, IHS Research Fellow, Hertford College, Oxford University

Neoliberalism

A SHORT HISTORY OF NEO-LIBERALISM, SUSAN GEORGE
CONFERENCE ON ECONOMIC SOVEREIGNTY IN A GLOBALISING WORLD, BANGKOK, 24-26 MARCH 1999: A SHORT HISTORY OF NEO-LIBERALISM: TWENTY YEARS OF ELITE ECONOMICS AND EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STRUCTURAL CHANGE
The Alternative to Neo-Liberalism: Speech by Lyndon LaRouche to University in Guadalajara
Written Presentation to university students, faculty and business leaders in Guadalajara, Mexico on September 18, 1997 by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr
Is neo-liberalism a "neo-reformism" theory?
by Thomas Gounet. Contents: 1. The theory of neo-liberalism 2. Neo-liberalism: ideology, policy or a new stadium of capitalism? 3. Confusion about the character of the state 4. The objective conditions for socialism are mature
Terry Metherell: New Liberalism - Its Principles and Its Directions
Speech: April 1984
Brief Definition of Neo-Liberalism
A Brief Definition for Organizers and Activists: What is Neo-Liberalism? By Elizabeth Martinez and Arnoldo Garcia, @ From The Human Rights Information Network (also at http://aidc.org.za/archives/what_is_neo-lib.html)
Neoliberalism defined
an Analysis and criticism of neoliberalism

Laissez-faire

LAISSEZ-FAIRE (FWKC encyclopedia)
New Science Validates Laissez-Faire
New Science Validates Laissez-Faire And Draws Attention To Little Known School of Economic Thought, by Carole E. Scott
19thC Liberal Europe Laissez-Faire (tutorial and bibliography)
laissez-faire (Encyclopædia Britannica)
HOW MUCH GOVERNMENT - Maximizing Liberty by Numbers
Contents: Liberty and Government Intervention - The "Government Intervention" Scale - Low Intervention, or Laisser-faire - High Intervention, or Socialism/Communism - Where do we find Maximum Liberty?
J. S. Mill on Laissez-faire
Ch. 11 of Book 5 of The Principles of Political Economy: Of the Grounds and Limits of the Laisser-faire or Non-interference Principle

Interventionism

Interventionism (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Beyond the state versus the market
Abstract: anjay Reddy takes us beyond the polarized debate over the state and market to the imaginative vision of a democractic market economy. JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 40:3, Sept. 1997

Resources for "liberalism"

Public Policy Web Sites
resources for free-market thought
E-Texts in the Classical Liberal Tradition, by David Hart
includes links to collections of e-texts
Resources: In the Liberal Tradition: A Classical Liberal Hall of Fame
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty
David Hart's Online Library of Key Texts in the Classical Liberal Tradition

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Last updated: 12 May 2001