Liberal thought and thinkers
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Reassessing John Stuart Mill
Review of Frederick Rosen, Mill (Oxford University Press, 2013)
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Great Liberal thinkers: lessons for the future
To mark the launch of our publication, ‘Liberal Thinkers’, Baroness Liz Barker and MPs Alan Beith, David Laws and John Pugh draw lessons from past Liberal thinkers for the future direction of the Liberal Democrats.
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The myth of New Liberalism
Continuity and change in Liberal politics, 1889-1914.
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‘Reluctant’ or Liberal collectivists?
The social liberalism of John Maynard Keynes and William Beveridge, 1922-1945.
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Intelligent Liberalism
Review of Conrad Russell, An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Liberalism (Duckworth, 1999).
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The origins of community politics
How did the Liberal Party come to adopt a strategy of community politics in 1970? This article traces the origins of the concept from the New, or Social, Liberalism of Thomas Hill Green, through Jo Grimond’s leadership of the Liberal Party, to the counter-culture of the 1960s.
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Bentham on Utilitarianism
Extract from Principles of the civil code in Theory of Legislation, trans R Hildreth, 8th edn, London, 1894.
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David Ricardo, 1772-1823
Less well-known than Adam Smith, Ricardo is nevertheless his intellectual and philosophical equal. He is credited alongside Smith with founding the classical school of economics. Inspired by Smith and driven by his friend, James Mill (father of John Stuart Mill), Ricardo provides an historical bridge between the economic and political liberals, although his own writings…