Get Free Shipping on orders over $79
The Libertarian Mind : A Manifesto for Freedom - David Boaz

The Libertarian Mind

A Manifesto for Freedom

By: David Boaz

Hardcover | 10 February 2015

At a Glance

Hardcover


$48.99

or 4 interest-free payments of $12.25 with

 or 

Ships in 5 to 10 business days

A revised, updated, and retitled edition of David Boaz’s classic book Libertarianism: A Primer, which was praised as uniting “history, philosophy, economics and law—spiced with just the right anecdotes—to bring alive a vital tradition of American political thought that deserves to be honored today” (Richard A. Epstein, University of Chicago).

Libertarianism—the philosophy of personal and economic freedom—has deep roots in Western civilization and in American history, and it’s growing stronger. Two long wars, chronic deficits, the financial crisis, the costly drug war, the campaigns of Ron Paul and Rand Paul, the growth of executive power under Presidents Bush and Obama, and the revelations about NSA abuses have pushed millions more Americans in a libertarian direction. Libertarianism: A Primer, by David Boaz, the longtime executive vice president of the Cato Institute, continues to be the best available guide to the history, ideas, and growth of this increasingly important political movement—and now it has been updated throughout and with a new title: The Libertarian Mind.

Boaz has updated the book with new information on the threat of government surveillance; the policies that led up to and stemmed from the 2008 financial crisis; corruption in Washington; and the unsustainable welfare state. The Libertarian Mind is the ultimate resource for the current, burgeoning libertarian movement.
Industry Reviews
"The Libertarian Mind belongs in the canon with the writings of Nozick, Hayek, and Epstein. ... Boaz’s manifesto for freedom presents as the contemporary gold standard of the libertarian creed."

Other Editions and Formats

Paperback

Published: 13th March 2025

More in Social & Political Philosophy

Utopia for Realists : And How We Can Get There - Rutger Bregman

RRP $26.99

$22.75

16%
OFF
On the Shortness of Life : The Stoic Classic - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

RRP $24.95

$21.75

13%
OFF
12 Rules for Life : Antidote to Chaos - Jordan B. Peterson

RRP $26.99

$20.75

23%
OFF
The War on the West : How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason - Douglas Murray
Nineteen Eighty-Four : Collins Classics - George Orwell
The Communist Manifesto : Penguin Classics - Karl Marx

RRP $14.99

$11.99

20%
OFF
The Prince - Niccollo Machiavelli

Paperback

$19.75

The Republic : Penguin Classics - Plato

RRP $17.99

$14.39

20%
OFF
The Human Condition : Second Edition - Hannah Arendt

RRP $42.95

$33.99

21%
OFF
How To Be A Stoic : Ancient Wisdom for Modern Living - Massimo Pigliucci
The Second Mountain : The Quest for a Moral Life - David Brooks

RRP $26.99

$21.75

19%
OFF
The Prince : Prohyptikon Value Classics - Niccolo Machiavelli