Political philosophy · Primary source
The Law
A five-lesson examination of rights, legal plunder, the role of lawmakers, democracy, and the relationship between law and justice.
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Economics · Primary source
I, Pencil
A three-lesson investigation of the hidden knowledge, global cooperation, exchange, and decentralized coordination behind an ordinary wooden pencil.
Economics · Satire · Primary source
The Candlemakers’ Petition
A two-lesson satire about protectionism, producer and consumer interests, costly work, and the economic value of nature’s free gifts.
Economics · Primary source
Economics in One Lesson
A 24-lesson study of how to trace a policy’s longer effects across every affected group—not only its immediate benefits for the group most clearly in view.