Written in 1923 during a period of German hyperinflation, this book discusses the consequences of the fluctuating purchasing... Læs mere
When he fled Austria in 1934, Ludwig von Mises left behind a wealth of writings that, he supposed, were lost forever. Seized by the Nazi Gestapo,... Læs mere
Henry Home, Lord Kames, was the complete 'Enlightenment man', concerned with the full spectrum of human knowledge and its social use. First published in 1760, this title - in his jurisprudence - explains the distinction between the nature of equity and common law.
Says that our reliance on public debt has amassed a sort of orthodoxy that is commonly - and needlessly - assumed by taxpayers, by politicians, and by economists themselves.
Sketches out a methodological and analytical framework for the establishment of rules. This book points out that the consideration of rules has its roots in classical economics and has been hinted at in the work of some contemporary economists.
Auberon Herbert (1838-1906) is an eloquent, forceful, and uncompromising defender of liberty. This volume contains ten essays.
This scholarly edition of Samuel Pufendorf's seminal work suggests a purely conventional basis for natural law. It outlines a new understanding of ethics and politics, one suited to states that were emerging from the aftermath of religious civil war.