# The Founder of Many Disciplines: Ibn Khaldun

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/portraits-of-liberty/the-founder-of-many-disciplines-ibn-khaldun>

**By** Paul Meany

**Published:** October 21, 2021

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After a lifetime in politics, Ibn Khaldun wrote his famous book Muqaddimah, today recognized as a masterwork of economics, historiography, and sociology.

## Summary:

Four hundred years before Adam Smith wrote the Wealth of Nations, the 14th-century Andalusian statesman and scholar Ibn Khaldun discussed the division of labor, the benefits of trade, and the optimal rate of taxation. Today, historians consider Ibn Khaldun's work as the precursor to the disciplines of economics, historiography, and sociology.

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Smoking Gun by Kevin MacLeod

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Ominous by Kevin MacLeod

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Willow and the Light by Kevin MacLeod

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Kalimba Relaxation Music by Kevin MacLeod

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Pale Rider by Kevin MacLeod

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Immersed by Kevin MacLeod

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