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Leading Lights : Key writing from CIS history edited by Greg Lindsay
Leading Lights : Key writing from CIS history edited by Greg Lindsay
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Leading Lights ; Key writing from CIS history edited by Greg Lindsay
Paperback, 231 Pages, mid-May release, $29.99
ISBN: 9781923568754
This anthology brings together a remarkable collection of thinkers whose work over five decades has helped shape the intellectual life of The Centre for Independent Studies and, through it, the broader policy debate in Australia and beyond.
From Nobel Laureates and public intellectuals to pioneering economists and contemporary voices, the range and depth of contributions is striking. Yet what unites these diverse authors is not a single discipline or methodology but a shared commitment to the principles of a free society: individual liberty, the rule of law, open inquiry and the importance of institutions that sustain both prosperity and civic life.
Across these essays, readers will encounter enduring questions. What is the proper role of the state? How do markets generate wealth and coordinate human activity? What cultural and moral foundations are necessary for freedom to endure? And how should societies respond to the persistent tensions between equality, justice, and liberty?
These are not abstract concerns. They recur across generations because they reflect permanent features of human society. As the contributions in this volume demonstrate, the answers offered by the tradition of classical liberal thought are not static doctrines but evolving arguments — tested against experience, refined through debate and sharpened by changing circumstances.
Contributions from:
Percy Allan
Professor Terry L. Anderson
Professor Ray Ball
Gary Banks AO
Professor P. T. Bauer
Kenneth P. Baxter AM
Katharine Birbalsingh
Professor Brigitte Berger
Professor Geoffrey Brennan
Professor James M Buchanan
Dr Jennifer Buckingham OAM
Professor Lauchlan Chipman
Theodore Dalrymple
Sir Roderick Deane
Sir Roger Douglas
Professor Richard A. Epstein
Professor Sir Niall Ferguson
Professor Milton Friedman
Professor Francis Fukuyama
Hon. Nick Greiner AC
Daniel Hannan
Owen Harries
Ralph Harris
Professor Max Hartwell
Professor F. A. Hayek
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Geoffrey Hogbin
Hon. John Howard OM AC
Emeritus Professor Helen Hughes AO
Emeritus Professor Wolfgang Kasper
Paul Kelly
Professor Israel Kirzner
Dr Václav Klaus
Professor Chandran Kukathas
Dr John Lee
Shirley Robin Letwin
Barry Maley
P. P. McGuinness AO
Professor Kenneth Minogue
Rupert Murdoch AC
Dr Charles Murray
Michael Novak
Brendan O’Neill
P. J. O’Rourke
Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price
Emeritus Professor Suri Ratnapala
Matt Ridley
Emeritus Professor Peter Saunders
Emeritus Professor Steven Schwartz
Lionel Shriver
Ted Sieper
Professor Thomas Sowell
Hon. James Spigelman AC KC
Professor Peter Swan AO
Professor Gordon Tullock
Mario Vargas Llosa
Emeritus Professor Geoffrey de Q. Walker
Professor Aaron Wildavsky
Professor James Q. Wilson
