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Recommended Books

Simon Black supplies his list of books to better understand the world: The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. Hayek The Godfather of the Austrian School of economics, Hayek explains the vitality and necessity of economic freedom better than anything else I’ve read. Read/Download for free at the Mises Institute  Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand This book teaches [...]

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Begin A Library

For those interested in learning more about Austrian Economics, look at Mises.org. Arguably it is the best site to learn about free markets and liberty and the advantages that accrue therefrom. There are thousands of articles and books on-line and downloadable. For scholars and laymen it represents an incredible resource. An example of a recent offering of [...]

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Classical Liberal Books

This article by Gary Gibson provides a list of books for those interested in exploring libertarian ideas and/or classical liberalism. For beginners, I would suggest you start with numbers 1, 6 and 10, probably in that order. When selecting books for a best libertarian title list, a few narrowing questions come to mind. Do you [...]

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Books — Austrian Economics

For those interested in Austrian Economics, the following article lists several books that could be of interest. Warning, most of these are only for serious readers. Jesús Huerta de Soto: Socialism, Economic Calculation and Entrepreneurship by Andy Duncan There are three books that take pride of place in my Austrian bookcase. These are Socialism, by Ludwig von Mises; The History [...]

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