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Adam Smith-"I Had Almost Forgot that I Was the Author of the Inquiry Concerning the Wea...Jim Powell
An unlikely revolutionary, Adam Smith changed forever the way people think about govern...


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Alexis de Tocqueville: How People Gain Liberty and Lose ItJim Powell
A gentleman-scholar-and one of the world's great prophets.

Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Who First Put Laissez-Faire Principles into ActionJim Powell
A champion of religious toleration, free expression, sound money, and prudent government.


Benjamin Constant-Liberty and Private LifeJim Powell
A defender of the individual and foe of collectivism.

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Benjamin Franklin: The Man Who Invented the American DreamJim Powell
The enterprising Founder who "snatched the lightning from heaven and the scepter from t...

Bully Boy (2006)Jim Powell
The Truth About Theodore Roosevelt's Legacy
2 Reviews, 2 Readable

Charles James Fox, Valiant Voice for LibertyJim Powell
A portrait of "the greatest parliamentary defender of civil and religious liberty."

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Economics on Trial (Review) Jim Powell
Capitalism, by George Reisman
- Capitalism by George Reisman

The Education of Thomas EdisonJim Powell
How a genius's love of learning flourished without benefit of schooling.

Edward Coke-Common Law Protection for LibertyJim Powell
The legacy of a great English jurist

FDR's Folly (2003)Jim Powell
How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression
5 Reviews, 3 Readable

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FDR's Lucky TimingJim Powell

Forget The CrowbarJim Powell
What's the best way to open markets overseas? Keep those imports coming.

Frederic Bastiat, Ingenious Champion for Liberty and PeaceJim Powell
The enduring eloquence of the author of the law and other cherished works.

Fredrick Douglass-Heroic Orator for LibertyJim Powell
Born into slavery, Frederick Douglass advocated freedom or all.

Free-Born John Lilburne: Mighty Martyr for LibertyJim Powell
A seventeenth-century champion of limited government.

Greatest Emancipations (2008)Jim Powell
How the West Abolished Slavery
1 Review, 1 Readable

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H.L. Mencken, America's Wittiest Defender of LibertyJim Powell
A portrait of Henry Louis Mencken, born 115 years ago this month.

Herbert Spencer: Liberty and Unlimited Human ProgressJim Powell
April 27 marks the 175th birthday of one of liberty's early champions.




John Locke-Natural Rights to Life, Liberty, and PropertyJim Powell
One of freedom's most influential philosophers


Lafayette: Hero of Two WorldsJim Powell
An apostle and defender of liberty.

Lord Acton-Political Power CorruptsJim Powell
Hold rulers to the same moral standards as ordinary people.

Ludwig van Beethoven's Joyous Affirmation of Human FreedomJim Powell
Commemoration the 225th anniversary of the birth one of music's titans.



Mary Wollstonecraft-Equal Rights for WomenJim Powell
The individualist roots of feminism.

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Nothing to Fear But Roosevelt (Review) Jim Powell
Nothing to Fear, by Adam Cohen
- Nothing to Fear by Adam Cohen


Raoul Wallenberg, Great Angel of RescueJim Powell
The man who defied Hitler and Stalin, and saved almost 100,000 lives.


Robert A. Heinlein's Soaring Spirit of LibertyJim Powell
The inspiring story of the celebrated science fiction writer.

Ideas And Influence
Rose Wilder Lane, Isabel Paterson, and Ayn RandJim Powell
Three Women Who Inspired the Modern Libertarian Movement

Sappho: A Garland (1994)Jim Powell
The Poems and Fragments of Sappho
2 Reviews



Thomas Jefferson's Sophisticated, Radical Vision of LibertyJim Powell
A tribute to Jefferson's monumental accomplishments.


The Triumph Of Liberty (2001)Jim Powell and Jeff Riggenbach
1 Review, 1 Readable


Victor Hugo-Liberty and Justice for AllJim Powell
The inspiring life of the author of Les Miserables.


William Ewart Gladstone's Great Campaigns for Peace and FreedomJim Powell
Nineteenth-century England's preeminent liberal politician.

William Penn-America's First Great Champion for Liberty and PeaceJim Powell
A portrait of the remarkable proponent of religious toleration.

Wilson's War (2005)Jim Powell
How Woodrow Wilson's Great Blunder Led to Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, and World Wa...
2 Reviews, 2 Readable
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