On regular issues of policy reform—presupposing a stable integrated polity—Hume, Smith,
and Burke were liberal in the original political meaning of “liberal.” Thus, on policy reform …

ABSTRACT This article reconstructs Edmund Burke's thoughts on slavery from his Account
of the European Settlements in America to his parliamentary speeches in the late 1700s. It …

This paper puts forth evidence that Adam Smith held liberty as a central principle, but also
that he adopted an approach of strategic yielding and caution. Smith associated this …

It is often claimed that Adam Smith and Edmund Burke held similar views on matters relating
to political economy. One area of tension in their thought, however, was the institutional …

In light of a growing body of scholarship that has cast doubt on the analytic import of
spontaneous order, the purpose of my article is to rethink the intellectual relationship …

Obwohl man lange um die weitverbreitete EU-Skepsis vieler Briten wusste, war das
Ergebnis des EU-Mitgliedschaftsreferendums im Jahr 2016 eine Überraschung. 51, 9% der …

COSMOS+ TAXIS many authors are recast as paternalistic conservatives, classical
republicans or even moderate social democrats. The rival interpretation, advanced by …

Edmund Burke is considered the father of conservatism. Yet, little attention has been paid to
the economic views of the 18th century Anglo-Irish thinker and statesman. Taking a look at …