Organizations
This organization was originally established in 2008 as "Students for Ron Paul."
What is Young Americans for Liberty?
This obstetrician-gynecologist turned Congressman ran for president as a Libertarian in 1988, then again as a Republican in 2008 and 2012.
Who is Ron Paul?
This author wrote "Economics in One Lesson."
Who is Henry Hazlitt?
"Briefly, the State is that organization in society which attempts to maintain a monopoly of the use of force and violence in a given territorial area; in particular, it is the only organization in society that obtains its revenue not by voluntary contribution or payment for services rendered, but by coercion."
Who is Murray N. Rothbard?
This doctrine is the foundation of all forms of libertarianism.
What is the Non-Aggression Principle?
In conjunction with the Atlas Network, this organization publishes a new book each year for classical liberal student groups.
What is Students for Liberty?
This physician, often called the father of liberalism, constructed the labor theory of property.
Who is John Locke?
This author wrote "The Road to Serfdom."
Who is F.A. Hayek?
Who is Patrick Henry?
This French term meaning "leave alone" is used to describe complete government non-intervention in the market.
What is laissez faire?
The center for Austrian economics, right-wing libertarian thought, and the paleolibertarian and anarcho-capitalist movements in the United States.
What is the Mises Institute?
This author fled Russia under the rule of Vladimir Lenin and the Red Army, when their father's pharmaceutical company was nationalized.
Who is Ayn Rand?
This author wrote "Anarchy, State, and Utopia."
Who is Robert Nozick?
"A man is none the less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years."
Who is Lysander Spooner?
This term describes the doctrine that all relations among people should be by mutual consent. It also describes a system of quasi-government stemming from free association and funded by private transactions rather than extortion.
What is voluntaryism?
This organization is dedicated to mobilizing environmentalists through free-market innovation and limited-government principles.
What is the American Conservation Coalition?
This economist received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis and monetary history.
Who is Milton Friedman?
This author wrote "The Law."
Who is Frederic Bastiat?
"There can be no socialism without a State, and as long as there is a State, there is socialism."
Who is Hans-Hermann Hoppe?
The axiomatic science of human action, as defined by Ludwig von Mises, based on the notion that individuals engage in purposeful behavior - the backbone of Austrian economics.
What is praxeology?
This think tank was founded by Murray Rothbard, Charles Koch, and Ed Crane in 1977.
What is the Cato Institute?
Rothbard considers this Chinese philosopher to be the first libertarian, likening their ideas to Friedrich Hayek's theory of Spontaneous Order.
Who is Laozi?
This author wrote "The Creature from Jekyll Island."
Who is G. Edward Griffin?
"If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action."
Who is Ludwig von Mises?
This theory views boom-bust cycles as the consequence of excessive growth in bank credit due to artificially low interest rates set by a central bank or fractional reserve banks.
What is Austrian Business Cycle Theory?