Was the European Union ever a liberal dream? How did the common market impact the liberalization in its member states? Has the EU fostered more or less economic freedom in the Old Continent? This book explores the intellectual and political genesis of the European Union, focusing especially on...

1. Introduction -- 2. The Catholic Religion and the Ethics of Capitalism -- 3. A Theory of Deregulation -- 4. Liberal nationalism and secession -- 5. The non-aggression principle is only a first approximation to libertarianism -- 6. The methodological writing of Jesús Huerta de Soto -- 7. The...