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[Econlib @Econlib]

Adams vs. Jefferson on liberty — allies who became rivals 🇺🇸 Join us Tue. July 28, 2:30–4pm EDT for VRG: Liberty & the American Statesman with Cara Rogers Stevens. Free & open to all! #BookClub #AmericanHistory https://t.co/31QkMsSIX4

[Econlib @Econlib]

@auerswald and @EconTalker discuss the role of little-known entrepreneurs such as Iqbal Quadir and innovators like Claude Shannon in bringing the mobile phone to the entire world. https://t.co/BCnjw1vn0N

[Econlib @Econlib]

Did Gibbon secretly rely on the metaphysics he despised? Mark Packer argues that Decline and Fall couldn't work without universal moral claims — and free will — that no empirical method can prove.

https://t.co/QPYKFTddvG

[Econlib @Econlib]

What can a 150-year-old novel teach us about freedom, responsibility & compassion? A lot. 📚

Join Richard Gunderman for Middlemarch — Thursdays July 23–Aug 20, 12–1pm EDT

https://t.co/8CmJEAVcON

[Econlib @Econlib]

Can a phone be a cow? It could in 90's Bangladesh. This was the insight of a small number of mobile phone market pioneers who helped catalyze the spread of the greatest technological revolution in human history. @auerswald and @EconTalker episode here.
https://t.co/BCnjw1vn0N

[Econlib @Econlib]

Listen as George Mason University economist @auerswald speaks to @EconTalker about how the extension of connectivity to traditionally excluded populations led to wide-scale transformations in productivity. https://t.co/N3xJDvbiEg

[Econlib @Econlib]

"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" 🌞 Join Sarah Skwire Wed. July 15, 12:30–2pm EDT for a final One Fell Swoop session on Shakespeare's Sonnets. Love poems—but what else? Pre-registration required. https://t.co/w02uXW0cE4

[Econlib @Econlib]

Same year, opposite paths: in 1776 the US broke from empire to limit power and protect individual freedom, while Spain tightened its grip on Latin America via the Bourbon Reforms. Read why liberalism thrived in one region and became a footnote elsewhere at https://t.co/sCxfZv0Yx6

[Econlib @Econlib]

"Celebrating America's 250th? 🎉 Travel back in time with our Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain — fascinating voices from both sides of history. 📜 https://t.co/UhXGcZpahX…"

[Econlib @Econlib]

Public Choice is more than "applying economics to politics." @mungowitz unpacks Buchanan's four essentials — and why removing any one of them leaves you with something else entirely. https://t.co/EbO7lGavYP

[Econlib @Econlib]

What did the Founders really think? 🇺🇸 On America's 250th, go straight to the source — explore our Founders Collection on the OLL.

🔗 https://t.co/UakhgtRVg1

[Econlib @Econlib]

Why diagnosing skin cancer is on the rise, and why yesterday's sunscreens may have done more harm than good. Listen to this episode of EconTalk with guest @rowanjacobsen and host @EconTalker. https://t.co/BgmAzN8z9p

[Econlib @Econlib]

Skin cancer comes from the sun. But so do many good things, according to author @rowanjacobsen. Check out this episode of EconTalk. https://t.co/BgmAzN8z9p

[Econlib @Econlib]

The more layers between expert and decision-maker, the more information gets lost. @jmurphy8289 explores how bureaucracies distort the knowledge they depend on — and why that problem isn't unique to government. https://t.co/RtyzXECFiC

[Econlib @Econlib]

📖 Join @SarahSkwire & Janet Bufton (#WealthofTweets) for Part 5 of our 6-part reading group celebrating Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations 250th anniversary!

🗓 July 13 | 2–3:30 PM EDT

https://t.co/ESyqPSLnj2

[Econlib @Econlib]

"Freedom is the first wish of our heart." Gibbon saw liberty as both natural aspiration & historical tragedy. Our new Liberty Matters essay explores what the author of Decline and Fall really believed about freedom. https://t.co/o4secyS1iJ…

[Econlib @Econlib]

@rowanjacobsen talks with @EconTalker about the health benefits of sunshine and makes the case for prudent sun exposure. https://t.co/BgmAzN8z9p

[Econlib @Econlib]

Happy Birthday to Frédéric Bastiat, born this day in 1801. His sharp defense of liberty, free exchange, and the “unseen” consequences of bad policy still challenges us to think more clearly about economics, justice, and human flourishing. https://t.co/G439Eu7fzd

[Econlib @Econlib]

We mourn the passing of Gordon Wood (1933–2026) — Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, cherished Liberty Fund collaborator, and one of the great interpreters of the American Founding. Read Hans Eicholz's remembrance: https://t.co/1yYBFJqQUG

[Peter Boettke @PeterBoettke]

Timeless puzzle of choosing in groups: How can the individual be free while subject to wills other than their own? Now solve that puzzle without recourse to any notion of the General Will. You have just entered the world of James M Buchanan - one of the most important democratic theorist of 20th century. @alain_marciano @mungowitz