Flashcards: Classical liberalism

(For other uses, see Freedom of choice (disambiguation).) Free to Choose (1980) is a book and a ten-part television series broadcast on public television by economists Milton and Rose D.

The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) "is a non-political, non-profit, tax-exempt educational foundation" dedicated to the "economic, ethical and legal principles of a free society.

The invisible hand is a term used by Adam Smith to describe the unintended social benefits of individual actions.

Physiocracy (from the Greek for "government of nature") is an economic theory developed by a group of 18th century Enlightenment French economists who believed that the wealth of nations was derived solely from the value of "land agriculture" or "land development" and that agricultural products should be highly priced.

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, generally referred to by its shortened title The Wealth of Nations, is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith.

The Whigs were a political faction and then a political party in the parliaments of England, Scotland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom.

The Road to Serfdom (German: Der Weg zur Knechtschaft) is a book written between 1940 and 1943 by Austrian-born economist and philosopher Friedrich von Hayek, in which he "[warns] of the danger of tyranny that inevitably results from government control of economic decision-making through central planning.

Capitalism and Freedom is a book by Milton Friedman originally published in 1962 by the University of Chicago Press which discusses the role of economic capitalism in liberal society.

The Mont Pelerin Society (MPS) is an international organization composed of economists (including eight winners of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences), philosophers, historians, intellectuals, business leaders, and others committed to their understanding of personal and political freedom.

Bourbon Democrat was a term used in the United States from 1876 to 1904 to refer to a conservative or classical liberal member of the Democratic Party, especially one who supported Charles O'Conor in 1872, Samuel J.

Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth: The Remedy is an 1879 book by the social theorist and economist Henry George, a treatise on the questions of why poverty accompanies economic and technological progress and why economies exhibit a tendency toward cyclical boom and bust.

A free market is a system in which the prices for goods and services are determined by the open market and consumers, in which the laws and forces of supply and demand are free from any intervention by a government, price-setting monopoly, or other authority.

The parable of the broken window was introduced by Frédéric Bastiat in his 1850 essay Ce qu'on voit et ce qu'on ne voit pas () to illustrate why destruction, and the money spent to recover from destruction, is not actually a net benefit to society.

Students For Liberty (SFL) is an American libertarian non-profit organization whose stated mission is "to educate, develop, and empower the next generation of leaders of liberty.

The Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) is a libertarian non-profit organization that engages with students and professors throughout the United States to encourage the study and advancement of freedom.

Reason is an American libertarian monthly magazine published by the Reason Foundation.

Theory and History: An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution is a treatise by Austrian school economist and philosopher Ludwig von Mises.

The Bruno Leoni Institute, named after philosopher and scholar Bruno Leoni, is an Italian libertarian think-tank promoting classical liberal ideas in Italy and in Europe.

Two Treatises of Government (or Two Treatises of Government: In the Former, The False Principles, and Foundation of Sir Robert Filmer, and His Followers, Are Detected and Overthrown. The Latter Is an Essay Concerning The True Original, Extent, and End of Civil Government) is a work of political philosophy published anonymously in 1689 by John Locke.

The American Populist Party, founded in 2009, is a minor political party which claims to advocate "classical liberalism" and a return to what they call "genuine" Constitutional government.

On Liberty is a philosophical work by English philosopher John Stuart Mill, originally intended as a short essay.

The Iraqi Liberal Party (Arabic: الحزب الليبرالي العراقي) is an Iraqi political party founded in 2009.

The Counter-Revolution of Science: studies on the abuse of reason is a 1952 book by Nobel laureate economist Friedrich Hayek, in which Hayek addresses the problem of scientism in the social sciences, where researchers and reporters attempt to apply the methodology and claims of objective certainty from hard science, despite the fact that these attempt to eliminate the human factor from study, yet these "soft" sciences center around attempting to understand human action.

Stephen Henry Hobhouse (5 August 1881 – 2 April 1961) was a prominent English peace activist, prison reformer, and religious writer.

The Law, original French title La Loi, is an 1850 book by Frédéric Bastiat.

The Republican Liberty Caucus (RLC) is a political action organization dedicated to promoting the ideals of individual liberty, limited government and free market economics within the Republican Party in the United States.

Critical Review: A Journal of Politics and Society is a quarterly academic journal covering political science that is published by Routledge for the Critical Review Foundation.

Rights of Man (1791), a book by Thomas Paine, including 31 articles, posits that popular political revolution is permissible when a government does not safeguard the natural rights of its people.

Human Action: A Treatise on Economics is a work by the Austrian economist and philosopher Ludwig von Mises.

Economics Does Not Lie: A Defense of the Free Market in a Time of Crisis (L'Économie ne ment pas; published in French in 2008) is a non-fiction book by French classical liberal economist and philosopher Guy Sorman.

The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) is a Malaysian libertarian think tank dedicated to promoting market-based solutions to public policy challenges.