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School of Thought - 101 Great Liberal Thinkers profiles the lives and ideas of some of the leading thinkers on individual liberty - from ancient times to the present day.

Ethical conduct requires companies simply to follow rules and conventions which make for long-run success. This title discusses the provision of a minimum income in retirement, which cannot be achieved by markets alone. It argues that the accomplishments of business directly help to advance social prosperity, health and human welfare.

Water resource mismanagement is at the root of this potential problem. Water is under-priced and inefficiently supplied. This monograph explores how markets can lead to greater water supply, more effective distribution and less waste, and therefore lead to the development of more resources without serious environmental damage.

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This volume of essays examines the empirical evidence on school choice in different countries across Europe, North America, sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

There have been many attempts to build a socialist society, from the Soviet Union to Maoist China to Venezuela. All of them have ended in failure. But, according to socialism's adherents, that is only because none of these experiments were "real socialism". This book documents the history of this response.

This book examines the measure of money and, in that light, the actions of the Bank of England in the lead up to the 2008 financial crisis and its aftermath.

Ayn Rand: An Introduction illuminates Rand's importance, detailing her understanding of reality and human nature, and explores the ongoing fascination with and debates about her conclusions on knowledge, morality, politics, economics, government, public issues, aesthetics and literature.

Many criticisms of capitalism are based on common misunderstandings of it. Written in plain English and assuming no prior knowledge of economics, this book helps overcome these confusions. It explains the nature of capital - its creation, preservation and destruction - and the roles played by markets and property rights in making capitalism work.

This book shows how a system of private banks without a central bank can bring about financial stability through self-regulation. If one bank stretches credit too far, it will be reined in by the others before the system as a whole gets out of control.

Eating sugary food, drinking alcohol and smoking are legal. But politicians still use laws to discourage them. What can justify such paternalism? 'Killjoys' reviews the justifications that have been offered: from the idea that people are irrational to the idea that they are compelled by advertising to harm themselves.

This is an inspiring story of entrepreneurs stepping into the breach and providing effective low-cost private schooling to large numbers of children in conflict-affected areas of the world, where government was not working well and basic infrastructure had been destroyed.

After decades of mismanagement under the Common Fisheries Policy, Brexit represents a major opportunity to adopt an economically rational approach that benefits the fishing industry, taxpayers and consumers.

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This book discusses how 'wars of ideas' can be waged, using the author's extensive experience, both as Director General of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) and at other classical liberal think tanks.

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