Liberty Fund, American private educational foundation
Liberty Fund is a nonprofit publisher based in Indianapolis, Indiana, that produces books, digital editions, and study guides focused on political philosophy and economic thought. The catalog covers a broad range of authors and periods, from ancient texts to modern works on liberty and markets.
Liberty Fund was founded in 1960 by Pierre F. Goodrich, an Indiana lawyer and businessman who wanted to make classic writings on liberty more widely available. Over the following decades it grew into one of the most active publishers of this kind of material in the country.
Liberty Fund centers its work on texts dealing with freedom, property, and voluntary exchange, giving readers access to authors who shaped political and economic thought over centuries. The collection draws from many traditions and time periods, making it possible to trace how these ideas developed.
Many titles in the catalog can be read online for free through the organization's website, and printed editions are also available for purchase. The site has a search tool that lets you filter by topic or author, which makes it easier to find a specific text.
Beyond publishing, Liberty Fund organizes small reading conferences called colloquia, where scholars from different fields gather to discuss a selected text over several days. This format is unusual for a publisher and treats the books as starting points for conversation rather than finished products.
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