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two specially produced audiotapes.* 1. The Ideas of Liberty
2. John Locke's Two Treatises of
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12. The Modern Quest for Liberty
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Libertarianism: A Primer,
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The Libertarian Reader, David Boaz, ed.
Freedom and the Law, by Bruno Leoni
Economics in One Lesson, by Henry
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How the West Grew Rich, by Nathan
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From Magna Carta to the Constitution:
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Learning about Liberty: The Cato University
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