Liberty and Power is a group weblog at the History News Network which takes a generally libertarian or classical liberal perspective. It was established in 2003. Most of the members are university professors and come from such diverse fields as history, psychology, economics, anthropology, and philosophy. They share a general belief in civil liberties and free markets and are suspicious of government coercion. Most, but not all, oppose the Iraq war.
Among academic libertarians, Liberty and Power represents the main antiwar/pro-free market alternative to such weblogs as the Volokh Conspiracy. The members include:
- David T. Beito, associate professor of history at the University of Alabama and founder of Liberty and Power.
- Radley Balko, policy analyist at the Cato Institute.
- Jonathan Bean, professor of history at Southern Illinois University.
- Donald J. Boudreaux, professor of economics at George Mason University.
- Mark Brady, associate professor of economics at San Jose State University.
- Robert Campbell, professor of pyschology at Clemson State University.Steven Davies, professor in history at Manchester Metropolitan University.
- Anthony Gregory, research assistant the Independent Institute.
- Keith Halderman, Ph.D candidate in history at American University.
- Gene Healy.
- Robert Higgs, senior fellow at the Independent Insititute.
- Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, , professor of economics at San Jose University.
- Jason Kuznicki.
- Roderick Long, associate professor of philosophy at Auburn University.
- Wendy McElroy.
- Charles W. Nuckolls, professor of anthropology at the University of Alabama.
- Chris Matthew Sciabarra, visiting scholar in politics at New York University.
- Sudha Shenoy, honorary associate in economic history at the School of Policy at the University of Newcastle in Australia.
- Aeon Skoble, associate professor of philosophy at Bridgewater State College.
- Amy H. Sturgis, Interdisciplinary Studies at Belmont University.