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Read books online at our other site: The Literature Page Quotations by Author A person may cause evil to others not only by his action but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury. John Stuart Mill A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury. John Stuart Mill Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so.
Colonialism, Slavery, and Foreign Aid (with William Easterly)
0:37 Intro. [Recording date: November 11, 2025.] Russ Roberts: Today is November 11th, 2025, and my guest is economist and author, William Easterly. He is Professor Emeritus of Economics at New York University. His latest book is Violent Saviors: The West's Conquest of the Rest, which is the subject of today's conversation. This is Bill's fourth appearance on the program. He was last here in June of 2014--very long time ago--talking about the tyranny of experts. Bill, welcome back to EconTalk.
F.A Hayek: Education Is an Obligation, Not a Right
Is there a right to education? Even in today’s polarized political environment in the United States, the overwhelming majority of citizens think there is such a right, and many hold that it applies through the completion of college. Every one of the fifty state constitutions includes language providing for free public education, although the language of rights is not explicitly cited.
Video: A movement we can all support
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Speech In Favor of Capital Punishment
… It would be a great satisfaction to me if I were able to support this Motion. It is always a matter of regret to me to find myself, on a public question, opposed to those who are called—sometimes in the way of honour, and sometimes in what is intended for ridicule—the philanthropists.
The Past and Present of Privacy and Public Life (with Tiffany Jenkins)
0:37 Intro. [Recording date: April 23, 2025.] Russ Roberts: Today is April 23rd, 2025, and my guest is author Tiffany Jenkins. She was last here in January of 2023 talking about Plunder, Museums, and Marbles. Her latest book, which is our topic for today, is Strangers and Intimates: The Rise and Fall of Private Life. Tiffany, welcome back to EconTalk. Tiffany Jenkins: Glad to be here.
The Past and Present of Privacy and Public Life (with Tiffany Jenkins)
0:37 Intro. [Recording date: April 23, 2025.] Russ Roberts: Today is April 23rd, 2025, and my guest is author Tiffany Jenkins. She was last here in January of 2023 talking about Plunder, Museums, and Marbles. Her latest book, which is our topic for today, is Strangers and Intimates: The Rise and Fall of Private Life. Tiffany, welcome back to EconTalk. Tiffany Jenkins: Glad to be here.
Dear Mr. Yang, Mr. Cuban and Sens. Murkowski, Collins et al …
It’s time to take a stand, and we need strength in numbers. We’ve all heard Sen. Murkowski sound the alarm — independent-minded lawmakers are living in fear right now because of retaliation from the Trump administration. Here’s the funny thing about that … There are enough of you to make a collective stand against this. Start in Congress, and start at the December No Labels convention.
Why should Trump voters support Project 1788?
If you voted for Donald Trump in any of the three presidential elections in which he has run, this post is intended to tell you that we understand. Well, probably. There are some Trump supporters who are actual racists and/or fascists. If you’re one of those, you can stop reading now and move to Russia or El Salvador so you can enjoy your dictatorships in peace. But this is an effort based in optimism.
Why do federal layoffs and canceled grants matter?
We’d all love to pay less in taxes, right? And we’d love for the debt to be a bit less frightening. So in that sense, cutting the government is a good thing. And it’s been done before with great but temporary success — under Bill Clinton, with Al Gore leading the way. Perhaps that’s why the reaction to mass layoffs of federal workers has been greeted with a bit more cheering than the typical layoffs.
What is Project 1788?
John Mill · Follow Published in Project 1788 · 6 min read · -- Photo by Anthony Garand on Unsplash The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissention, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism.
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Truth, Loyalty Signaling, and Externalities
Early in her political career, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made a particularly noteworthy comment. During an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, she was questioned about a claim she made about Pentagon spending that was rated “Four Pinocchios” by the fact-checkers at the Washington post. While she acknowledge her error, she also has this to say: If people want to really blow up one figure here or one word there, I would argue that they’re missing the forest for the trees.
Philosopher Memoirs
I've Been Thinking Philosopher Daniel Dennett describes himself as a pack rat or a magpie - picking up ideas and facts that might be useful from a wide range of sources. His memoir reflects that. He has made connections with researchers in many fields, particularly evolutionary theory, neuroscience and computing and his distinctive philosophical career reflects that. He’s best known as a philosopher of consciousness, a defender of a compatibilism about free will, and as an uncompromising atheist.
Henry George: An Exploration of Some Consequences to Taxing Only Land
A Liberty Classics Book Review of Progress and Poverty, by Henry George. Henry George’s Progress and Poverty (1879) was among the most important and widely read books published in the 19th century, but George’s work and the single tax movement it spawned had largely faded common knowledge by the 1930s.
Tyler Cowen on the Greatest Economist of All Time (GOAT)
AdamSmithWorks readers will be happy to know that Adam Smith made the short list of contenders for the designation of the Greatest Economist of All Time (GOAT) by the influential economist Tyler Cowen. In his book GOAT: Who is the Greatest Economist of All Time and Why Does it Matter? (free online at econgoat.ai), Cowen attempts to identify the GOAT of economic thought.
SubscriberWrites: Opposition at its lowest!!
Irony is that opposition in the name of opposing the government has forgotten, ignored and left behind this age old lesson to accept the humility with great admiration.
The Best of the OLL No. 5: John Stuart Mill, “Of the Limits to the Authority of Society over the Individual” (1859)
The Best of the OLL No. 5: John Stuart Mill, “Of the Limits to the Authority of Society over the Individual” (1859) By: John Stuart Mill Mar 12, 2013 This is part of “The Best of the Online Library of Liberty” which is a collection of some of the most important material in the OLL. This one comes from John Stuart Mill’s book *On Liberty* where in Chapter 4 he describes the strict limits which must be imposed on the power society has over individuals.
The Best of the OLL No. 67: John Stuart Mill
The Best of the OLL No. 67: John Stuart Mill "The Difficulties of Socialism" (1879) By: John Stuart Mill Feb 13, 2015 This is part of “The Best of the Online Library of Liberty” which is a collection of some of the most important material in the OLL. A thematic list with links to HTML versions of the texts is available [here](/pages/best-of-the-oll).
The Best of the OLL No. 57: John Stuart Mill, “The Spirit of the Age” (1831)
This is part of “The Best of the Online Library of Liberty” which is a collection of some of the most important material in the OLL. This extract includes the first and fifth parts of a long essay which appeared in The Examiner between January and May 1831. Mill believed that English society had entered an “age of transition” in which the ideas and the ruling elites of the old society were no longer able to provide the direction the country needed.
The Best of the OLL No. 62: John Stuart Mill, “On Representative Government” (1861)
The Best of the OLL No. 62: John Stuart Mill, “On Representative Government” (1861) By: John Stuart Mill May 22, 2014 This is part of “The Best of the Online Library of Liberty” which is a collection of some of the most important material in the OLL. This one comes from Mill's book on *Considerations of Representative Government" where he argues that representative government is the best form of government there is.
The Best of the OLL No. 48: J.S. Mill, “Utilitarianism” (1863)
This is part of “The Best of the Online Library of Liberty” which is a collection of some of the most important material in the OLL. Mill’s classic statement of the utilitarian position appeared in 1861 in a series of articles in Fraser’s Magazine between October and December 1861. It then was published as a book in 1863.
Neoliberalism on Trial: Artificial Intelligence and Existential Risk
Rather than breaking capitalism… A.G.I… is more likely to create a powerful… ally for capitalism’s most destructive creed: neoliberalism. —Evgeny Morozov. The New York Times The New York Times for decades has been America’s bellwether of coming political, ideological, and cultural trends. Even those who rarely agreed with it (Ayn Rand is a prime example) quote it to indicate trial balloons for new ideas and causes readying to launch full-blown propaganda campaigns.
Best Philosophy Books of All Time
After interviewing hundreds of philosophers, these are the philosophy books that come up again and again. If you click on 'expert recommendations,' you'll see what various experts we've interviewed say about each book and why they chose it. Many of the books on this list are straightforward reads, that you can enjoy without any prior knowledge. One or two books, while immensely important, are notorious for their impenetrability.
Toward the Final Transition
*Dr. Stephen Davies is the Head of Education at the IEA. Previously he was program officer at the Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) at George Mason University in Virginia. He joined IHS from the UK where he was Senior Lecturer in the Department of History and Economic History at Manchester Metropolitan University. He has also been a Visiting Scholar at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center at Bowling Green State University, Ohio.
The Classical Mind Newsletter for April 14, 2023
Our series on intellectual virtues will continue in the next newsletter. Given Holy Week and Easter, I’ve just not had time to record. The next book is Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill. “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned,” William Congreve reminded us in his play The Mourning Bride. I would like to nominate Milady de Winter in The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas as one of the finest literary illustrations of this adage.
Dismal Race "Scientists"
Carlyle’s target was not Malthus, but economists such as John Stuart Mill, who argued that it was institutions, not race, that explained why some nations were rich and others poor. Carlyle attacked Mill, not for supporting Malthus’s predictions about the dire consequences of population growth, but for supporting the emancipation of slaves.
John Stuart Mill | Essential Scholars
Skip to main content Essential John Stuart Mill The Essential John Stuart Mill by Sandra J. Peart The oldest of nine children, John Stuart Mill was born on May 20, 1806; he died in France, where he spent many of his later years, on May 7, 1873. Mill had a very extraordinary, strenuous education, overseen by his ambitious father James, who believed that one becomes improved via education and, once educated, that is the end of the matter.
Thankful Thursdays…To Speak and Think Freely
Thankful Thursdays…To Speak and Think Freely Yes, this may be an odd topic but lately, I feelthat more than ever I treasure and appreciate the fact that I was born in a country where I am free to think and speak freely. If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
U.S. Slavery and Economic Thought
Introduction Chattel slavery involves the ownership by one person of another. This entry focusses on the operation of that labor system in the United States. Although chattel slavery dates back to the dawn of civilization, in the area that became the United States it emerged after the importation of Africans to the Virginia colony in 1619. Prior to the American Revolution, all British colonies in the New World legally or informally sanctioned the practice.
Slavery - Econlib
Introduction Chattel slavery involves the ownership by one person of another. This entry focusses on the operation of that labor system in the United States. Although chattel slavery dates back to the dawn of civilization, in the area that became the United States it first emerged after the importation of Africans to the Virginia colony in 1716. Prior to the American Revolution, all British colonies in the New World legally or informally sanctioned the practice.
Select Works of John Stuart Mill (10 vols.)
ProductsSelect Works of John Stuart Mill (10 vols.) Overview One of the most influential philosophers of the nineteenth century, John Stuart Mill wrote extensively about politics, economics, and society. He argued that it was humanity’s duty to consistently move forward, cultivating knowledge, individual freedom, and human well-being.
Agnes Callard on Meaning, the Human Quest, and the Aims of Education
Suppose all of humanity was infected by a virus that left us all infertile--no one will come along after us. How would you react to such a world? Agnes Callard of the University of Chicago says she would be filled with despair. But why does this seem worse than our own inevitable deaths? Callard speaks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the meaning of life, and what exactly about the end of humanity is so demoralizing.
Kieran Setiya on Midlife
The Library of Economics and Liberty John Stuart Mill's midlife crisis came at 20 when he realized that if he got what he desired he still wouldn't be happy. Art and poetry (and maybe love) saved the day for him. In this week's episode, philosopher Kieran Setiya of MIT talks about his book Midlife with EconTalk host Russ Roberts.
Essays on some unsettled questions of Political Economy: Essay V
It might be imagined, on a superficial view of the nature and objects of definition, that the definition of a science would occupy the same place in the chronological which it commonly does in the didactic order. As a treatise on any science usually commences with an attempt to express, in a brief formula, what the science is, and wherein it differs from other sciences, so, it might be supposed, did the framing of such a formula naturally precede the successful cultivation of the science.
Essays on some unsettled questions of Political Economy: Essay IV - On Profits, and Interest
The profits of stock are the surplus which remains to the capitalist after replacing his capital: and the ratio which that surplus bears to the capital itself, is the rate of profit. Essays on some unsettled questions of Political Economy, by John Stuart Mill is part of the HackerNoon Books series. You can jump to any chapter in this book here. Essay IV: On Profits, and Interest ESSAY IV. ON PROFITS, AND INTEREST.
Essays on some unsettled questions of Political Economy: Essay III
It would probably be difficult to point out any two words, respecting the proper use of which political economists have been more divided, than they have been concerning the two words productive and unproductive; whether considered as applied to labour, to consumption, or to expenditure. Essays on some unsettled questions of Political Economy, by John Stuart Mill is part of the HackerNoon Books series. You can jump to any chapter in this book here.
Essays on some unsettled questions of Political Economy by John Stuart Mill : Essay II
Before the appearance of those great writers whose discoveries have given to political economy its present comparatively scientific character, the ideas universally entertained both by theorists and by practical men, on the causes of national wealth, were grounded upon certain general views, which almost all who have given any considerable attention to the subject now justly hold to be completely erroneous.
Essays on some unsettled questions of Political Economy: Essay I
Of the truths with which political economy has been enriched by Mr. Ricardo, none has contributed more to give to that branch of knowledge the comparatively precise and scientific character which it at present bears, than the more accurate analysis which he performed of the nature of the advantage which nations derive from a mutual interchange of their productions.
Essays on some unsettled questions of Political Economy: Preface
Of these Essays, which were written in 1829 and 1830, the fifth alone has been previously printed. The other four have hitherto remained in manuscript, because, during the temporary suspension of public interest in the species of discussion to which they belong, there was no inducement to their publication. Essays on some unsettled Questions of Political Economy by John Stuart Mill is part of the HackerNoon Books series. You can jump to any chapter in this book here. Preface PREFACE.
Russ Roberts and Mike Munger on Wild Problems
The Library of Economics and Liberty Waze and Google Maps tell us the best way to get to where we're going. But no app or algorithm can tell us whether we should head there in the first place. To economist Russ Roberts, the reason is simple: Humans are dynamic and aspirational beings. When it comes to making life's big decisions, from what to study to whom to marry or whether to have a child, it's not always us doing the deciding, he argues, but rather the people we want to be.
Episode 2: Arvind Panagariya and Shruti Rajagopalan Talking Trade
Episode 2: Arvind Panagariya and Shruti Rajagopalan Talking Trade Arvind Panagariya and Shruti Rajagopalan Talking Trade Episode 2: Infant Industry Protectionism RAJAGOPALAN: Welcome to the discussion series on free trade and liberalization as part of the 1991 Project at the Mercatus Center. I’m Shruti Rajagopalan.
Re-Imagining Medicine
Print Reprinted from EconLib Twice per year a group of medical students and I put on a “Mini Medical School” for high school students in our city’s public school system. About 50 students, nearly all from disadvantaged backgrounds, gather for a day at our medical school, attending a special class and learning a variety of medical skills in our simulation center. One year, one of the volunteer medical students putting on the program told the story of his own improbable path into medicine.
Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill
A PASSING remark is all that needs be given to the ignorant blunder of supposing that those who stand up for utility as the test of right and wrong, use the term in that restricted and merely colloquial sense in which utility is opposed to pleasure.
Russ Roberts on Education
0:37 Intro. [Recording date: March 7, 2022.] Russ Roberts: Something a little different today. I was recently interviewed by Alex Aragona for the podcast, The Curious Task, from the Institute for Liberal Studies, where they explore economics, politics, philosophy, and other ideas from the classical liberal perspective. And, I was interviewed about the topic of education. And so, we are going to co-release this episode alongside the podcast, The Curious Task. It was recorded it on March 7th, 2022.
Richard Gunderman on Greed, Adam Smith, and Leo Tolstoy
0:37 Intro. [Recording date: March 9, 2022.] Russ Roberts: Today is March 9th 2022 and my guest is Richard Gunderman. He is Chancellor's Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Medical Education, Philosophy, Liberal Arts, Philanthropy, and Medical Humanities, and Health Studies at Indiana University. Richard, welcome to EconTalk. Richard Gunderman: It's a pleasure to be with you.
Tyler Cowen and Russ Roberts on Nation, Immigration, and Israel
0:37 Intro. [Recording date: December 23, 2021.] Russ Roberts: Today is December 23rd, 2021, and today's episode of EconTalk is also being released as an episode of Conversations with Tyler. I am speaking with Tyler Cowen of George Mason, who blogs on Marginal Revolution, podcasts at Conversations with Tyler. It's his 14th appearance here on the program. He was last here in April of 2021 talking about the pandemic. We're going to do something a little unusual today.
A conversation with Jonathan Rauch on misinformation and falsehood
Jason serves as chair of research in technology ethics at The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. He is the author of "The Age of AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity" with Zondervan (March 2020). He is married to Dorie and they have two sons. Chair of Research in Technology Ethics In this episode, I am joined by Jonathan Rauch, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of the recent book, The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth.
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