{"product_id":"the-challenge-of-liberty-classical-liberalism-today-paperback","title":"The Challenge of Liberty: Classical Liberalism Today - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Higgs\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCarl P. Close\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIs Classical Liberalism Still Vital?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe quest for freedom has always been as much a battle of ideas as it is a popular struggle. Classical liberal pioneers such as John Locke and Adam Smith stressed the inherent worth of the individual, inalienable rights, and the benevolent consequences of the cooperative, peaceful pursuit of one's own happiness. These ideas became the intellectual scaffolding for much of the West's most fundamental institutions and achievements. Yet after its 19th-century high-water mark, classical liberalism lost much of its passion, focus, and popular support. Intellectual trends increasingly began to support coercive egalitarianism, empire, and central planning at the expense of individual liberty, personal responsibility, private property, natural law, and free institutions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the eclipse of classical liberalism by contemporary liberalism and conservatism is passing. \u003ci\u003eThe Challenge of Liberty\u003c\/i\u003e restores the ideas and ideals of classical liberalism and shows how its contemporary exponents defend such pillars of free societies as individual rights, human dignity, market processes, and the rule of law.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Higgs\u003c\/b\u003e is Retired Senior Fellow in Political Economy, Founding Editor and former Editor at Large of the Independent Institute's quarterly journal \u003ci\u003eThe Independent Review: A Journal of Political Economy\u003c\/i\u003e. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Johns Hopkins University, and he has taught at the University of Washington, Lafayette College, Seattle University, the University of Economics, Prague, and George Mason University. He has been a visiting scholar at Oxford University and Stanford University, and a fellow for the Hoover Institution and the National Science Foundation. His many books include \u003ci\u003eCrisis and Leviathan\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDepression, War, and Cold War\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAfter Leviathan\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDelusions of Power\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNeither Liberty Nor Safety\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eResurgence of the Warfare State\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTaking a Stand\u003c\/i\u003e; and multiple edited collections. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarl P. Close\u003c\/b\u003e is a former Research Fellow and former Executive Editor for Acquisitions and Content at the Independent Institute and former Assistant Editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Independent Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Starting in 1999 he wrote Independent's weekly email newsletter, \u003ci\u003eThe Lighthouse\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also co-editor (with Robert Higgs) of \u003ci\u003eRe-Thinking Green: Alternatives to Environmental Bureaucracy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Challenge of Liberty: Classical Liberalism Today\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOpposing the Crusader State: Alternatives to Global Interventionism\u003c\/i\u003e. Prior to joining Independent Institute, he worked in various capacities in the financial services industry.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.98 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47355649294585,"sku":"9781598130027","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/CwTwvzlYDq9781598130027.webp?v=1769854356","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-challenge-of-liberty-classical-liberalism-today-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}