Our Statement

In the 17th and 18th centuries there was an ascendant cultural outlook that may be termed the liberal outlook. It was best represented by the Scottish enlightenment, especially Adam Smith, and it flowed into a liberal era, which came to be represented politically by people like Richard Cobden, William Gladstone, and John Bright. The liberal outlook revolved around a number of central terms (in English-language discourse, the context of the semantic issue that concerns us).

Especially from 1880 there began an undoing of the meaning of the central terms, among them the word liberal. The tendency of the trends of the past 130 years has been toward the governmentalization of social affairs.

The tendency exploded during the First World War, the Interwar Years, and the Second World War. After the Second World War the most extreme forms of governmentalization were pushed back and there have since been movements against the governmentalization trend. But by no means has the original liberal outlook been restored to its earlier cultural standing. The semantic catastrophes of the period 1880-1940 persist, and today, amidst the confusion of tongues, governmentalization continues to hold its ground and even creep forward. For the term liberal, in particular, it is especially in the United States and Canada that the term is used in ways to which we take exception.

We the undersigned affirm the original arc of liberalism, and the intention not to relinquish the term liberal to the trends, semantic and institutional, toward the governmentalization of social affairs.

Signatures

Our goal is to gather at least 500 signatures (we hope even more wish to sign!). We have focused our efforts on people from Anglophonic countries because in most other countries “liberal” largely retains the original meaning.

Australia

  • Timothy Andrews, Executive Dir., Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance
  • Winton Bates, Blogger, Freedom and Flourishing
  • Chris Berg, Dir. of Policy, Inst. of Public Affairs
  • Juel Briggs, Businesswoman
  • Gabriel Buckley, National President, Liberal Democratic Party
  • Lee Herridge, Podcaster and Blogger
  • Mark Hornshaw, Lecturer in Econ., U. of Notre Dame Australia
  • John Humphreys, Visiting Lecturer of Economics, U. of Queensland
  • Darryn Jensen, Senior Lecturer in Law, U. of Queensland
  • Trisha Jha, Policy Analyst, Centre for Independent Studies
  • Rick Johnson, Economist, Government sector
  • Greg Lindsay, Executive Director, Centre for Independent Studies
  • Jenny Lindsay, General Manager, The Centre for Independent Studies
  • Duncan McGregor, Blogger
  • David Morrison, Reader in Law, The U. of Queensland
  • Julie Novak, Senior Fellow, Institute of Public Affairs
  • James Paterson, Dir. of Dev. and Communications, Inst. of Public Affairs
  • Suri Ratnapala, Prof. of Public Law, The U. of Queensland
  • Charles Richardson, Psephologist, Crikey
    Andrew Scobie, Chairman, Marque’d Capital
  • Brad R. Taylor, Postdoctoral Fellow, The Australian National U.
  • Timothy Wilson, Australian Human Rights Commissioner, AU Human Rights Commission

Canada

  • Steve Beveridge, Retired
  • Paul Blair, Retired Fire Captain, Ontario
  • Matt Bufton, Executive Director, Inst. for Liberal Studies
  • Brian Lee Crowley, Managing Director, Macdonald-Laurier Institute
  • Chance Davies, Student, Grande Prairie Regional College
  • Jonathan Dean, Leader, Atlantica Party
    Pierre Desrochers, Associate Prof. of Geography, U. of Toronto
  • Bradley Doucet, English Editor, Le Québécois Libre
  • Jasmin Guénette, Vice President, MEI
  • Peter Holle, President, Frontier Centre for Public Policy
  • Pierre Lemieux, Professeur associé, Université du Québec en Outaouais
  • Wendy McElroy, Fellow, Independent Institute
  • Janet Neilson , Director, Inst. for Liberal Studies
  • Allen Paley, V.P. Political Action, Libertarian Party of Canada
  • Derek Sabourin, friend of liberty
    Chris Schnurr, blogger
  • Xavier de Vanssay, Prof. of Economics, York U.
  • Redmond Weissenberger, Chairman, Executive Director, Mises Canada

Bahamas

  • Jorge Borlandelli, Secretary, The Nassau Institute

New Zealand

  • Bernard Robertson, Barrister, Wellington
  • Paul Walker, Economist, Christchurch

South Africa

  • Brian C Benfield, Prof., Insurance and Risk Mgt., U. of the Witwatersrand
  • Eustace Davie, Director, Free Market Foundation

United Kingdom

  • Victoria Adams, President, Queen Mary Libertarian Society
  • Nigel Ashford, Prof. of Politics, Staffordshire U.
  • Steve Baker, MP, Parliament
    Philip Booth, Prof., City U., London and Inst. of Economic Affairs
  • Ryan Bourne , Head of Public Policy, Inst. of Economic Affairs
  • Sam Bowman, Research Director, Adam Smith Institute
  • Rory Broomfield, Director, The Freedom Association
  • Lewis Brown, Digital Communications Manager, Centre for Policy Studies
  • Eamonn Butler, Director, Adam Smith Institute
  • Laurie Carver, University of Southampton
  • Peter Cleppe, Head of Brussels office, Open Europe
  • Timothy Congdon, Chair of The Freedom Association
  • Iain Dale, Drivetime presenter, LBC Radio
  • Stephen Davies, Education Director, Institute of Economic Affairs
  • Tim Evans, Senior Fellow, Adam Smith Institute
  • Martin Evison, Prof., Northumbria U.
  • Roger Fox, Visiting Fellow, U. of Buckingham
  • Alan Geal, Director, Pleiade Associates
  • Andrew Gruffudd, Principal, Voice of Albion news journal
  • Andrew Haldenby, Director, Reform
  • Alexander Hammond, Dir. / Free Trade Fellow, Initiative for African Trade & Prosperity & the Inst. of Econ. Affairs
  • Jonathan Isaby, Chief Executive, The TaxPayers’ Alliance
  • Lee Jenkins, Deputy Editor, The Backbencher Magazine
  • Ketan Jha, Managing Editor, Sussex Law Review
  • Gavin Kennedy, Emeritus Prof., Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt U.
  • Stephanie Lis, Head of Communications, Inst. of Economic Affairs
  • Mark Littlewood, Dir. General & Ralph
  • Harris Fellow, Inst. of Economic Affairs
  • Kevin Lohse, friend of liberty
  • Alan Macfarlane, Prof. of Anthropology, Cambridge U.
  • Eimhear Macfarlane, Local co-ordinator, European Students for Liberty
  • John Meadowcroft, Senior Lecturer, King’s College London
  • Brian Micklethwait, blogger, www.samizdata.net
  • Chris Mounsey, UX Director, Blogger, Devil’s Kitchen
  • Kristian Niemietz, Senior Research Fellow, Inst. of Economic Affairs
  • Tom Papworth, Assoc. Dir. of Economic Policy, CentreForum
  • Mark Pennington, Prof. of Public Policy, King’s College London
  • Philip Salter, Director, The Entrepreneurs Network
  • Robert Sauer, Prof. of Economics, U. of London
  • Kamen Shoylev, Independent Researcher
  • Marc Sidwell, Managing Editor, City A.M.
  • Craig Smith, Lecturer, The U. of Glasgow
  • Christopher Snowdon, Research Fellow, Inst. of Economic Affairs
  • Elaine Sternberg, Philosophy & Corp. Governance Fellow, Inst. of Economic Affairs
  • Peter D. Williams, Executive Officer, Right To Life
  • Tim Worstall, Senior Fellow, Adam Smith Institute

United States

  • Sherzod Abdukadirov, Research Fellow, George Mason U.
  • Paul Dragos Aligica, Senior Fellow, George Mason U.
  • William Allen, Professor of Economics, UCLA
  • Jonathan Anomaly, Lecturer, Duke
  • Larry Arnhart, Prof. of Political Science, Northern Illinois U.
  • Ari Armstrong, Publisher, Freedom Outlook
  • Treasa Arterburn, Owner and CEO, Family Ties of Iowa
  • Maggie Austgen, LOLA Omaha
  • Jose Azel, Senior Research Assoc., U. of Miami
  • John Baden, Chairman, FREE
  • Neera Badhwar, Prof., U. of Oklahoma/George Mason U.
  • Howard Baetjer, Lecturer, Towson University
  • Charles Baird, Professor of Economics, Emeritus, CSU East Bay
  • Ted Balaker, Founding Partner, Korchula Productions
  • F. William Ballou, Member, Mont Pelerin Society
  • Sam Baker, GFI
  • Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
  • Drew Battista, Liberal
  • David Beito, Professor, University of Alabama
  • Steven Belknap, Medical Doctor
  • Tom W. Bell, Prof. of Law, Chapman U.
  • Bruce Benson, Prof. of Economics, Florida State U.
  • Daniel Bier, Executive Editor, The Skeptical Libertarian
  • Simon Bilo, Asst. Prof. of Economics, Allegheny College
  • Walter Block, Prof. of Economics, Loyola U. New Orleans
  • Peter Boettke, Prof. of Economics & Philosophy, George Mason U.
  • Cecil Bohanon, Prof. of Economics, Ball State U.
  • Mark Bonica, Asst. Prof., Baylor U.
  • Peter Bos, President, Polydyne, Inc.
  • Donald Boudreax, Prof. of Economics, George Mason U.
  • Casey Bowman , Independent Researcher
  • C. Steven Bradford, Emeritus Prof. of Law, U. of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • Caroline Breashears, Professor of English, St. Lawrence University
  • Jason Brennan, Flanagan Family Professor, Georgetown U.
  • Jason Briggeman, Adjunct Faculty in Economics, Central Texas College
  • James Broughel, Program Manager, Mercatus Center at George Mason U.
  • Henry N. Butler, Executive Director, Law & Econ. Center, George Mason U.
  • Lewis Butler, Prof. of Economics, Hillsdale College
  • Nicolas Cachanosky, Asst. Prof. of Economics, Metropolitan State U. of Denver
  • Peter T. Calcagno, Prof. of Economics, College of Charleston
  • Bruce Caldwell, Prof. of Economics, Duke U.
  • James Camire, CEO, SMT
  • Troy Camplin, Lecturer of English, U. of North Texas at Dallas
  • Nicholas Capaldi, Prof., Center for Spiritual Capital, Loyola U.
  • Mark Cerri, Psychologist
  • Alejandro Chafuen, Managing Director, International, Acton Institute
  • Gary Chartier, Prof. of Law and Bus. Ethics, Tom and Vi Zapara School of Bus., La Sierra U.
  • Armeane Choksi, Director, CopiaGlobal, Inc.
  • Victor Claar, Prof. of Economics, Henderson State U.
  • Henry C. Clark, Visiting Prof., Clemson U.
  • Michael Clark, Prof. of Economics, Hillsdale College
  • Warren Coats, Retired, International Monetary Fund
  • John P. Cochran, Emer. Dean Sch. of Bus. & Emer. Prof. of Econ., Metrop. State U. of Denver
  • Andrew Cohen, Assoc. Prof., Georgia State U.
  • Joseph Connors, Visiting Asst. Prof., Wake Forest U.
  • Christopher J. Conover, Research Scholar, Duke U.
  • Matthew Copple, Libertarian Activist
  • Peter Crabb, Professor, Northwest Nazarene University
  • Andy Craig, Secretary of State candidate, Libertarian Party of Wisconsin
  • Kevin Currie-Knight, Postdoctoral Fellow , U. of Illinois, Springfield
  • D. Allen Dalton, Adjunct Faculty in Economics, Boise State U.
  • Daniel D’Amico, Assoc. Prof. of Economics, Loyola U.
  • Harry David, Copy Editor and Proofreader, Invisible Order
  • Antony Davies, Assoc. Prof. of Economics, Duquesne U.
  • Shawn Decker, Research Chemist, Entrepreneur
  • Karen DeCoster, Researcher, Writer, Blogger, Speaker
  • Gregory Delemeester, Prof. of Economics, Marietta College
  • Henry Demmert, (retired), Santa Clara U.
  • Gregory Dempster, Prof. of Econ. and Business, Hampden-Sydney College
  • William C. Dennis, Council Member, The Philanthropic Enterprise
  • Arthur M. Diamond, Jr., Prof. of Economics, U. of Nebraska
  • Jennifer Dirmeyer, Asst. Prof., Ferris State U.
  • Matt Dobra, Prof. of Economics, Methodist U.
  • William Doss, Deputy Dir., Grassroots Programs, Leadership Institute
  • Rachel Douchant, Director, Liberty & Ethics Center, Lindenwood U.
  • Gregory Downing, Prof.
  • Dan Drechsel, CEO, HireIQ Solutions
  • Royce Dunbar, Systems Engineer
  • James Dunning, Coach, Broad Run High School Debate & Speech
  • Lenore T. Ealy, President, The Philanthropic Enterprise
  • Richard Ebeling, Professor of Economics, Northwood U.
  • John B. Egger, Prof. Emeritus, Towson U.
  • Jim Elwood, Executive Director, Liberty International
  • Ross Emmett, Prof. of Pol. Economy and Pol. Theory & Const. Democracy, Michigan State U.
  • Richard Epstein, Prof. of Law, New York U.
  • John Estill, Lecturer, San Jose State U.
  • Larry Eubanks, Assoc. Prof., U. of Colorado at Colorado Springs
  • Williamson M. Evers, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution
  • Andrea Faggion , Professor of Philosophy , State U. of Londrina – Brazil
  • Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde, Prof. of Economics, U. of Pennsylvania
  • Peter Grove Fleming, President, Peter Fleming Literary Agency
  • Fred Foldvary, Lecturer in Economics, San Jose State U.
  • Corrie Foos, Co-Founder, Mont Hamilton Society
  • Matthew Ford, Prof. of Management, Northern Kentucky U.
  • Micah Frankel, Prof., California State U.
  • Patrick Frey, patterico.com
  • Caleb S. Fuller, Assoc. Professor of Economics, Grove City College
  • David E.R. Gay, Prof., U. of Arkansas
  • Dietmar Georg, Director, GLL Real Estate Partners
  • Warren Gibson, Economics Lecturer, San Jose State U.
  • Ephraim Gildor, President, Gildor Investments
  • Thomas Gilray, Asst. Prof. of Computer Science, U. of Alabama, Birmingham
  • Francisco Gonzalez, VP of Advancement, The James Madison Institute
  • John Goode, Eastview Consulting Inc
  • Peter Gordon, Prof. Emeritus, USC
  • Nick Granch, HFC
  • Joe Green, Asst. Prof. of Political Science, Dixie State
  • Walter Grinder, President Emeritus, Institute for Civil Society
  • F. E. Guerra-Pujol, Prof. of Law, U. of Central Florida
  • Ronald Guillemette, blogger & former MIS professor, U. of Houston
  • James Gwartney, Prof. of Economics, Florida State U.
  • Jonathan Haidt, Professor, New York University, Stern School of Business
  • Colleen Haight, Associate Prof. in Economics, San Jose State U.
  • Larry Hall, Professor of Political Science, Lenoir-Rhyne University
  • Eric Hammer, Research Fellow, George Mason U.
  • Michael Hammock, Asst. Prof. of Economics, Middle Tennessee State U.
  • David Hart, Director of the Online Library of Liberty, Liberty Fund
  • Steven Hayward, Prof., Pepperdine U.
  • Peter Hazlett, PhD Candidate, George Mason U.
  • Thomas W. Hazlett, Prof. of Law & Economics, George Mason U.
  • Christine Dunn Henderson, Senior Fellow, Liberty Fund, Inc.
  • David R. Henderson, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution
  • Jule Herbert, Attorney
  • Jorge Herrera, Infinite Banking Concept Advocate, Sound Money Financial Solutions
  • Stephen Hicks, Ph.D., Prof. of Philosophy, Rockford U.
  • Arnold Hite, Prof. of Economics, Charleston Southern U.
  • John Hjersman, Libertarian Party of Colorado
  • Fergus Hodgson, Editor in Chief, PanAm Post
  • Andrew Hofer, Managing Dir., Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
  • Robert M. Hoffman, Publisher, U. of Chicago Press
  • Randall Holcombe, Prof. of Economics, Florida State U.
  • Patrick Holmes, Digital Marketer
  • Michael Horney, Research Associate, Free State Foundation
  • Steven Horwitz, Prof. of Economics, St. Lawrence U.
  • Lee Hoskins, Senior Fellow, Pacific Research Institute
  • Daniel Houser, Prof. of Economics, George Mason U.
  • Hunter Hustus, Mr, Northeastern U.
  • Sanford Ikeda, Assoc. Prof. of Economics, Purchase College, SUNY
  • Jonathan B. Imber, Prof. of Sociology, Wellesley College
  • Brian Jacobsen, Assoc. Prof., Wisconsin Lutheran College
  • Garett Jones, Associate Prof. of Economics, George Mason U.
  • Stephen Jones, Economist, George Mason University
  • Jeff “Hunter” Jordan, Liberty Round Table
  • Jerry L Jordan, President, Pacific Academy for Advanced Sciences
  • Rebecca Kallies, Events Dir., Students For Liberty: N. American Exec. Board
  • Chris Karaskiewicz, Rush University Medical Center
  • Mitchell Kaufman, Philosophy Instructor, U. of Washington
  • John L. Kelly, Business Owner
  • Rick Kelo, Economist, Pro Bono Economics
  • Carrie B. Kerekes, Asst. Prof. of Economics, Florida Gulf Coast U.
  • Jerry Kirkpatrick, Prof. Emeritus of Int. Bus. & Marketing, Cal State Polytechnic U., Pomona
  • Daniel B. Klein, Prof. of Economics, George Mason U.
  • Yossi Klement, Musician/Teacher/Conductor/Lecturer, Mount Holyoke College, et. al.
  • Thomas Knapp, Director, William Lloyd Garrison Center for Libertarian Advocacy Journalism
  • Everett Knott, Retired Anesthesiologist
  • Eric Kohn, Chairman, America’s Future Foundation – Chicago
  • David Kopel, Research Dir. & Adj. Prof. of Const. Law, Denver U.
  • Alan Charles Kors, Prof. of History, U. of Pennsylvania
  • David Kotter, Assoc. Prof. of Theology and Economics, Colorado Christian U.
  • Mark Koyama, Asst. Prof., George Mason U.
  • Jason Kuznicki, Research Fellow, The Cato Institute
  • Warren Lammert, Founder, Granite Point Capital
  • Mitchell Langbert, Assoc. Prof., Brooklyn College, City U. of New York
  • Richard Langlois, Prof. of Economics, The U. of Connecticut
  • Robert Lawson, Fullinwider Chair in Economic Freedom, Southern Methodist U.
  • Mark LeBar, Professor of Philosophy, Florida State U.
  • Dwight Lee, Scholar in Residence, Southern Methodist U.
  • George Leef, Director of Research, Pope Center for Higher Ed. Policy
  • Jean Leonard, Owner, Great Divide Publishing
  • Peter Lewin, Clinical Prof., Economics, U. of Texas at Dallas
  • Hyrum Lewis, Assoc. Prof. of History, Brigham Young U.-Idaho
  • Jody Lipford, Prof. of Economics, Presbyterian College
  • Loren Lomasky, Prof. of Political Philosophy, U. of Virginia
  • Richard Lorenc, Dir. of Programs & Alumni Relations, Foundation for Econ. Education
  • Michael Lotus, Attorney and Author, America 3.0
  • Alvin Lowi, Engineer, Alvin Lowi and Associates
  • William J. Luther, Asst. Prof. of Economics, Kenyon College
  • Spencer MacCallum, Director, The Heather Foundation
  • Eric Mack, Professor of Philosophy, Tulane University
  • Douglas MacKenzie, Asst. Prof., Carroll College
  • Phillip Magness, Academic Program Dir., Inst. for Humane Studies, George Mason U.
  • Bruce Majors, Mayoral candidate, Libertarian party
  • Alexei Marcoux, Assoc. Prof. of Business Ethics, Loyola U. Chicago
  • Frederic Marks, Author, Capitalism: The Liberal Revolution
  • Michael L. Marlow, Prof. of Economics, California Polytechnic State U.
  • Charles Martin, Science and Technology Editor, PJMedia
  • Christopher S. Martin, Asst. Prof. of Economics, Hillsdale College
  • Scott Masten, Prof. of Business Economics & Public Policy, U. of Michigan
  • Donna Matias, Prof. of Law, U. of San Diego
  • William H.A. McBride, Chief Economist, Tax Foundation
  • Deirdre McCloskey, Prof. of Econ. & History, U. of Illinois at Chicago
  • James E. McClure, Prof. of Economics, Ball State U.
  • Tom Means, Prof. of Economics, San Jose State U.
  • Richard Meinhard, Academic Advisor, Cascade Policy Institute
  • Allan Meltzer, Emeritus Professor, Carnegie Mellon U.
  • Stephen Miller, Assoc. Prof. of Economics, Western Carolina U.
  • Lotta Moberg, Economics Instructor, George Mason U.
  • Mikey Mondavi, Microsoft Corp
  • Adam D. Moore, Assoc. Prof., Information School, U. of Washington
  • Claire Morgan, Director of Academic Relations, Mercatus Center at GMU
  • Julian Morris, VP of Research, Reason Foundation
  • John Moser, Prof. of History, Ashland U.
  • Cornelia Mrose, co-host of the Steve Mayo Show, WVOX
  • James Mulcahy, Adjunct lecturer, SUNY at Buffalo
  • Mike Munger, PPE Director, Duke U.
  • Jon Murphy, Instructor, Western Carolina University
  • Charles Murray, W.H. Brady Scholar, The American Enterprise Inst. for Public Policy Research
  • Iain Murray, Vice President for Strategy, Competitive Enterprise Institute
  • Todd Myers, Assoc. Prof., Grossmont College
  • David Nalle, Executive Director, Texas Liberty Foundation
  • Olga Nicoara, Visiting Asst. Prof. of Economics, Denison U.
  • Jose Niell, Medical Doctor
  • Patrick Nolan, Distinguished Prof. Emeritus, Sociology, U. of South Carolina
  • Philip Nuetzel, VP – Mortgage Modeling and Analytics, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
  • Barbara Oakley, Prof. of Engineering, Oakland U.
  • James Otteson, Teaching Prof. of Political Economy, Wake Forest U.
  • Alexandre Padilla, Assoc. Prof. of Economics, Metropolitan State U. of Denver
  • Tom G. Palmer, Executive Vice President, The Atlas Network
  • George Pearson, Board Chair, Kansas Policy Institute
  • Sam Peltzman, Prof. of Economics, U. of Chicago
  • Patrick Peterson, Mont Hamilton/Bastiat Society Co-Director
  • Dave Petrich, Editor, PugetSoundMagazine.com
  • Dana Pickard, Attorney, Howland Evangelista Kohlenberg Burnett LLP
  • Mark Poles, U. of St Mark & St John
  • Ivan Pongracic, Jr., Professor of Economics, Hillsdale College
  • Robert Poole, Searle Freedom Trust Transportation Fellow, Reason Foundation
  • Benjamin Powell, Prof., Texas Tech U.
  • Linda Raeder, Assoc. Prof. of Political Science, Palm Beach Atlantic U.
  • Greg Ransom, Blogger, Taking. Hayek Seriously
  • Roger Ream, President, Fund for American Studies
  • Kyle Rearden, blogger, The Last Bastille
  • Gregory Rehmke, Program Director, Economic Thinking
  • Dustin Rhodes, Liberty Advocate
  • Andrea Millen Rich, President, Center for Independent Thought
  • Sheldon Richman, Executive Editor, The Libertarian Institute
  • Jeff Riggenbach, Senior Fellow, Randolph Bourne Institute
  • Salvador Rivera, Professor of History and Sociology, State U. of NY
  • Mario J. Rizzo, Associate Prof. of Economics, New York U.
  • Jenna Robinson, Dir. of Outreach, Pope Center for Higher Ed. Policy
  • Dalibor Rohac, Policy Analyst, Cato Institute
  • Kevin Rollins, Editor, Free Liberal
  • Gabriel Roth, The Independent Institute
  • Paul H. Rubin, Prof. of Economics, Emory U.
  • Andrew Rule, SCC- Member without portfolio, Libertarian Party of Connecticut
  • Thomas Carl Rustici, Asst. Prof. of Economics, George Mason U.
  • Peter Samuel, Associate, Reason
  • Rohnn Sanderson, Assoc. Prof. Finance/Economics, Brescia U.
  • Frederic Sautet, Assoc. Prof. of Economics, The Catholic U. of America
  • Thomas Saving, Prof. Of Economics, Texas A&M U.
  • D. Eric Schansberg, Prof. of Economics, Indiana U. Southeast
  • Michael Schwarz, Asst. Prof. of History, Ashland U.
  • Marc Scribner, Research Fellow, Competitive Enterprise Institute
  • Daniel Shapiro, Prof. of Philosophy, West Virginia U.
  • Dennis Sheehan, Prof, of Finance, Penn State Smeal College of Business
  • Amity Shlaes, Chair, Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation
  • William F. Shughart II, Prof. of Public Choice, Utah State U.
  • Laurence Siegel, Dir. of Research, CFA Institute Research Foundation
  • Rand Simberg, President, Interglobal Media, LLC
  • Randy T. Simmons, Prof. of Political Economy, Utah State U.
  • Aeon Skoble, Prof. of Philosophy, Bridgewater State U.
  • Mark Skousen, Prof. of Economics, Chapman U.
  • Sarah Skwire, Fellow, Liberty Fund Inc
  • Adam C. Smith, Asst. Prof., Johnson & Wales U.
  • Bradley Smith, Blackmore/Nault Prof. of Law, Capital U.
  • Daniel J. Smith, Asst. Prof. of Economics, Troy U.
  • George H. Smith, Lecturer, Cato Institute
  • Jeffrey Smith, Prof. of Economics, U. of Michigan
  • Karl Smith, Columnist, Bloomberg
  • Vernon Smith, Prof. of Economics, Chapman U.
  • Nicholas Snow, Visiting Asst. Prof. of Economics, Kenyon College
  • Jason Sorens, Lecturer, Dartmouth College
  • Valerie Spaink, Program Associate – ASP, Mercatus Center
  • Mark Steckbeck, Prof. of Economics, Campbell U.
  • John Stephens, Site Design and Operations, Econ Journal Watch
  • Edward Peter Stringham, Prof. of Economics, Texas Tech U.
  • John Strong, Owner, EtherPros
  • Michael Strong, CEO, FLOW
  • Jane Shaw Stroup, Chairperson, James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal
  • Caleb Sturges, Researcher, Chapman U
  • Amy H. Sturgis, Asst. Prof. of Liberal Studies, Lenoir-Rhyne U.
  • Dendi Suhubdy, NCSU
  • Scott Sumner, Economist, Mercatus Center
  • Daniel Sutter, Prof. of Economics, Troy U.
  • James Stacey Taylor, Associate Prof., The College of New Jersey
  • Richard Sweeney, Chairholder in International Finance, Georgetown U.
  • Tana Switsky, Texan, Libertarian
  • Berin Szoka, President, TechFreedom
  • Harry E. Teasley Jr., Emeritus Chairman, Reason Foundation
  • Jeff Teebken, Instructor, Front Range Community College
  • Justin Teeman, Guest Lecturer of Psych., U. of Central Oklahoma
  • Fernando Tesón, Eminent Scholar, Florida State U.
  • David J. Theroux, Founder and President, The Independent Institute
  • Clifford F. Thies, Prof. of Economics & Finance, Shenandoah U.
  • Diana Thomas, Assoc. Prof., Creighton U.
  • Michael D. Thomas, Asst. Prof., Creighton U.
  • Richelle Thomas, Research Scientist
  • Kurt Todoroff, Entrepreneur
  • Clint Townsend, Leadership Manager, Students For Liberty
  • Jeffrey Tucker, CLO, liberty.me
  • David Tufte, Assoc. Prof., Southern Utah U.
  • Marian Tupy, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
  • Matthew Tyrmand, Deputy Dir., American Transparency-OpenTheBooks.com
  • Douglas Den Uyl, VP of Educational Programs, Liberty Fund
  • Ricardo Valenzuela, Chairman, Intermex Financial
  • Richard Vedder, Prof. Of Economics Emeritus, Ohio U.
  • Eduardo Vidal, Commitee Member, Harris County Republican Party
  • Richard Wagner, Prof. of Economics, George Mason University
  • Howard Wall, Director, Hammond Institute, Lindenwood U.
  • Marion Warin-Miller, Translator/Writer, Franco-American Translations
  • Larry Wasserman, Prof. of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Thomas Weber, Translator & Writer
  • Keith Weiner, Dr., Gold Standard Institute, Monetary Metals
  • Volker M Welter, Prof., UC Santa Barbara
  • Nikolai G. Wenzel, Visiting Asst. Prof. of Econ., Florida Gulf Coast U.
  • Louis White, USAF, retired
  • Mark D. White, Dept. Chair & Prof. of Philosophy, College of Staten Island/CUNY
  • Michael White, Mercatus Center Donor
  • Sabrina Whiterose, Station Manager, Madison Cable Television
  • Carl Wilkinson, Doctor of Journalism, Columbia U.
  • Bonnie Wilson, Associate Prof. of Economics, Saint Louis U.
  • Abel Winn, Asst. Prof. in Economics, Chapman U.
  • Dale Winstead, Supporter
  • Bill Woolsey, Assoc. Prof., The Citadel
  • Martin Morse Wooster, Author
  • Benjamin Zycher, John G. Searle Scholar, American Enterprise Inst.
  • Zenon X. Zygmont, Prof. of Economics, Western Oregon U.
  • Matt Zwolinski, Assoc. Prof. of Philosophy, U. of San Diego
  • Todd Zywicki, Prof. of Law, George Mason U.

Other Countries

As noted, this project is focused on the use of “liberal” in English-language discourse, and we have canvassed for signatures only among people in countries where English is a primary language (the countries listed above). However, several other individuals have learned of our project and took the initiative to contact us to sign on. Here we list such other individuals who have supported the project.
  • Pedro H. Albuquerque, Assoc. Prof., KEDGE Business School – France
  • Ivan Alonso, independent scholar – Perú
  • David Emanuel Andersson, Asst. Prof. of Econ., Nottingham U. Business School China – China
  • Pedro Molina Arathoon, Trustee, Universidad Francisco Marroquin – Guatemala
  • Michel Asso, Electronic Music Composer/Conceptual Artist, independent – France
  • Jonny H. Bahk-Halberg, Assoc. Prof., English/Communications, UMUC Asia – S. Korea
  • Julio César De León Barbero, Prof. of Philosophy, Francisco Marroquin U. – Guatemala
  • Henrik Bejke, Former Chairman, Frihetsfronten – Sweden
  • Dominique Belle, Police Commissioner – Belgium
  • Fernando Valdés Benavides, University of Guanajuato – México
  • Niclas Berggren, Assoc. Prof., Research Inst. of Industrial Economics (IFN) – Sweden
  • Jekabs Bikis, Chair, International Business Admin. Dept., LCC International U. – Lithuania
  • Maria Blanco, Prof. of Hist. of Economic Thought, Universidad CEU-San Pablo (Madrid) – Spain
  • Alfredo Bullard, Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú – Perú
  • Guillermo Cabieses, Prof. of Law & Economics, Universidad de Lima – Perú
  • Ricardo Castiblanco-Ramirez, Congressman Advisor, House of Representatives – Colombia
  • Jorge Chapas, CEO, Rana – Guatemala
  • Terry Crossman, Director, Signium International – China
  • Edwar Enrique Escalante, Executive Director, Andes Libres – Peru
  • Mustafa Erdogan, Professor – Turkey
  • Thierry Falissard, philosoph, Liberal Institute – Switzerland
  • Ignacio Ibáñez Ferrándiz, Senior Advisor, Center for a Secure Free Society – Spain/USA
  • Luis Figueroa, Prof. of Social Philosophy, Universidad Francisco Marroquín – Guatemala
  • Hana Fischer, Columnist and writer, Panam Post – Uruguay
  • Nicolai Foss, Professor, Copenhagen Business School – Denmark
  • Santiago Gangotena, PhD., Universidad San Francisco de Quito – Ecuador
  • Stephane Geyres, M., Mouvement des Libertariens – France
  • Enrique Ghersi, Prof. of Law & Economics, Univ. de Lima – Perú
  • Athanasios Ghikas, CEO, Clarus esco – Greece
  • Alejandro Gómez, Economic History Professor, Universidad del CEMA – Argentina
  • Edwin van de Haar, independent scholar – Netherlands
  • Björn Hasselgren, Research Fellow, KTH Royal Inst. of Technology – Sweden
  • Andrew Humphries, Professor, Universidad Francisco Marroquin – Guatemala
  • Giancarlo Ibarguen, Trustee, Universidad Francisco Marroquin – Guatemala
  • Mirco Jakse, Developer, EPiServer – Sweden
  • Nils Karlson, Professor, The RATIO Institute – Sweden
  • Chung-Ho Kim, Professor, Yonsei University – South Korea
  • Useong Kim, Ph.D. Candidate , Seoul National University – South Korea
  • Pavel Kuchar, Asst. Prof., University of Guanajuato – Mexico
  • Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard, Prof. of Political Theory, Copenhagen U. – Denmark
  • Remberto Latorre, Research Fellow, Austrian Economics Center – Austria
  • Erik Lidström, Author – Sweden
  • Christopher Lingle, Visiting Prof. of Economics, Universidad Francisco Marroquin – Guatemala
  • Harry Edgar Pereda Lozano, President, Instituto Mercado Informado – Perú
  • Darius Martin, Asst. Prof. of Economics, American U. of Beirut – Lebanon
  • Guillermo W. Méndez, Prof. of Social Philosophy and Hiistory of Ideas, Universidad Francisco Marroquin – Guatemala
    Stefan Metzeler – Switzerland
  • Satyarthi Mishra, Research Intern, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology – India
  • Nenad Mitovski, Direktor, Borg – Serbia
    Panagiotis Grivas – Greece
  • Guillermo Peña Panting, Executive Director, Eleutera – Honduras
  • Ramon Parellada, Trustee, Universidad Francisco Marroquin – Guatemala
  • Julian Plana, Journalist – España
  • Juan José Ramírez Ochoa, Prof. of Soc. Phil. & Econ., Francisco Marroquín U. – Guatemala
  • Guisela Roldan, PLG – Guatemala
  • Roberto Salinas-León, President, Mexico Business Forum – Mexico
  • Jose Luis Sardon, Dean, Law School, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) – Perú
  • Jakób Skrzypski – Switzerland
  • Carlos de Sousa, Affiliate Fellow, Bruegel – Belgium
  • Ezequiel Spector, Prof. of Law and Phil., Universidad Torcuato Di Tella – Argentina
  • Charlotta Stern, Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Sociology, Stockholm U. – Sweden
  • Ricardo Urdaneta, Partner, Urdaneta Holguín Abogados – Columbia
  • Pedro Videla, Prof. of Economics, IESE Business School – Spain
  • Mario Zuniga, Attorney, Prof. of Law & Economics, Contribuyentes por Respeto – Perú

Students

  • Joshua Ammons, Student, George Mason University
  • Jordan Anetsberger, Hillsdale College – USA
  • Laurie Barnes, Hillsdale College – USA
  • César Oncoy Bustamante, Estudiante, Universidad Privada del Norte – Perú
  • Mark Vincent Constantino, Los Angeles Mission College – USA
  • Nick Cowen, King’s College London – UK
  • Sean Davey, University College London – UK
  • James Dickson, Imperial College London – UK
  • Marco diPasquale, University of California, Davis – USA
  • Terrence Daugherty, Student of Theology and Biblical Languages, The Master’s College – USA
  • Christopher Flener, PhD Student, Walden University – USA
  • Albert Gustafson, Student, Indiana Wesleyan University – USA
  • Stephen Harrop, Student, Johns Hopkins University – USA
  • Aiden Hepworth, LSE – UK
  • Maxwell Hill, PhD Student, Georgia Institute of Technology – USA
  • James Inwood, Hillsdale College – USA
  • Péter Isztin, PhD student, ELTE – Hungary
  • Paul Keenan, Boston College – USA
  • Daniel Kendrick, Georgetown U. – USA
  • Wolf von Laer, PhD Student, King’s College London – UK
  • Trent MacDonald, PhD Student, RMIT University – Australia
  • Mark Malik, LSE – UK
  • Michael McDonald, Hillsdale College – USA
  • Edward Middleton, George Mason U.- USA
  • João Victor Guedes Neto, Universidade Federal de Alfenas – Brazil
  • Raymond Niles, George Mason U. – USA
  • Brendan Quinn, FLagler College – USA
  • Chase Roycroft, U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Clark Ruper, Vice President, Students For Liberty International – USA
  • Robert Sanchez, MBA Student, Saint Leo University – USA
  • Harrison Searles III, George Mason U. – USA
  • Austill Stuart, George Mason U. – USA
  • Kenneth Sundaresan, U. of Chicago – USA
  • Ross Taggart, PhD Student, Duke University – USA
  • Ross Taylor, U. of Brighton – UK
  • Jeff Tomko, Student, Metropolitan State U., Denver – USA
  • Marin Trayanov, St Cyril and St Methodius U. of Veliko Turnovo – Bulgaria
  • Joeri Vandendriessche, U. of Antwerp – Belgium 
  • Anand Venigalla – USA
  • David Walker, Student, U. of Montana School of Law – USA
  • Zachary Woodman, Hillsdale College – USA
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