Portraits of Liberty

Jane Jacobs revolutionized the study of cities. She did not see them as merely areas of high population densities, but as huge laboratories for experimentation making cities the flash points of the history of human progress. Her intellectual career was spent checking the hubris of government officials.Further Reading:A City Cannot Be a Work of Art: Learning Economics and Social Theory From Jane Jacobs by Sanford IkedaMore articles and podcasts from Libertarianism.org:The Rise of Free Cities: Guizot's Seventh LectureThe Harlem Renaissance: Black Cultural Innovation UnleashedImmanuel Kant on Spontaneous OrderInterview with Chelsea Follett – The Liberty ExchangeThe Ethics Of Progress – Building TomorrowWhy More People Means More Wealth – Free Thoughts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This podcast celebrates Havel's Place, a symbol of open democratic debate and the Velvet Revolution. It explores the erosion of civil society under the communist regime, Vaclav Havel's philosophy of living in truth, and the importance of civil society in creating progress and good in society.

Coming soon, a brand new podcast from Libertarianism.org... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A special 50th episode of Portraits about why a layperson should study history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Despite his obscurity today, the French Irish economist Richard Cantillon was the first person to put forward a theory of the entrepreneur in the market economy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1879, Henry George wrote Progress and Poverty, still one of the bestselling economics books of all time; in it, he argued for the abolition of all kinds of taxes but one. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marie De Gournay’s “The Equality of Men and Women” is one of the first books to use equality to define the relationships between the sexes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Though born into obscurity, Josiah Wedgwood would become a household name across the European continent over the course of his life, representing refinement and taste. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The ancient Indian writer Kautilya had more knowledge of economic affairs than any thinker for over a thousand years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The life of the subversive novelist José Rizal proves that sometimes the pen really is mightier than the sword. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.