Part one. Skepticism about power. I Samuel 8 / The Bible
Of the origin and design of government / Thomas Paine, Common Sense
Federalist No. 10 / James Madison
What sort of despotism democratic nations have to fear / Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
Objections to government interference / John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
More of the same / H. L. Mencken, American Mercury
The humanitarian with the guilotine / Isabel Paterson, The God of the Machine
The state / Murray N. Rothbard, For a New Liberty
Self-interest and the Constitution / Richard Epstein, Journal of Legal Education
Part two. Individualism and civil society. Understanding can not be compelled / John Locke, A Letter Concerning Toleration
Justice and beneficence / Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments
The subjugation of women / Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women
The liberty of the ancients compared with that of moderns / Benjamin Constant
Associations in civil life / Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
Interest rightly understood / Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
Man cannot hold property in man / William Lloyd Garrison, Declaration of the Sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Convention
You are a man, and so am I / Frederick Douglass
A human being cannot be justly owned / William Ellery Channing, Slavery
Rights and responsibilities of women / Sarah Grimké
Of individualty / John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
On equality and inequality / Ludwig von Mises, Modern Age
The tendrils of community / Charles Murray, In Pursuit: Of Happiness and Good Government
Private prejudice, private remedy
Doug Bandow, The Freeman
Part three. Individual rights. An arrow against all tyrants / Richard Overton
Of property and government / John Locke, Second Treatise on Government
Justice and property / David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature
The Declaration of Independence / Thomas Jefferson
Equalty of rights / Immanuel Kant
The right to ignore the state / Herbert Spencer, Social Statics
The constitution of no authority / Lysander Spooner, No Treason
The Playboy Interview with Ayn Rand / Alvin Toffler, Playboy
Ayn Rand on rights and capitalism / Douglas J. Den Uyl and Douglas B. Rasmussen, The Philosophic Thought of Ayn Rand
The entitlement theory of justice / Robert Nozick, Anarchy, State, and Utopia
The right to do wrong / Roger Pilon
Part four. Spontaneous order. Harmony / Lao-Tzu, Tao te Ching
The man of system / Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Of society and civilization / Thomas Paine, The Rights of Man
The use of knowledge in society / F. A. Hayek
Two kinds of order / Michael Polanyi, The Logic of Liberty
Made orders and spontaneous orders / F. A. Hayek, Law, Legislation, and Liberty
Economy as ecosystem / Michael Rothschild, Bionomics
Part five. Free markets and voluntary order. The division of labor / Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
Society and self-interest / Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
Labor and commerce / Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
Free trade / Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
The simple system of natural liberty / Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
What is seen and what is not seen / Frédéric Bastiat
Socialism and intervention / Ludwig von Mises, Liberalism
Redistrubuting power / Bertrand de Jouvenel, The Ethics of Redistribution
The relation between economic freedom and political freedom / Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom
The market order of Catallaxy / F. A. Hayek, Law, Legislation, and Liberty
If you're paying, I'll have top sirloin / Russell Roberts, The Wall Street Journal
Part six. Peace and international harmony. Commerce is the grand panacea / Richard Cobden
Nonintervention / Richard Cobden
The eclipse of liberalism / The Nation
Peace / Ludwig von Mises, Liberalism
The case for strategic disengagement / Earl C. Ravenel, Foreign Affairs
Toward strategic independence / Ted Galen Carpenter, Brown Journal of World Affairs
Part seven. The libertarian future. Capitalism and the permissive society / Samuel Brittan, A Restatement of Economic Liberalism
Liberalism in the coming decade / Antonio Martino
The power and poverty of libertarian thought / Richard Cournuelle, Times Literary Supplement
The culture of liberty / Mario Vargas Llosa, Journal of Democracy
Governments in decline / Norman Macrae
Paternalist government is out of date / Michael Prowse, The Independent
"Creative destruction" and the innovation age / Peter K. Pitsch
Evolutionary ecology / Lynn Scarlett, Reason
The future of government / John Perry Barlow, Spin
The literature of liberty / Tom G. Palmer.