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eezmeli Posted: Wed, Apr 21 2010 2:54 PM

If you were to give someone,  who doesn't know anything about liberterain thought, ten articles to read, which articles would you choose?

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My list is probably not the top ten, but nonetheless form what I think would be a good introduction to libertarianism and Austrian economics. In no particular order:

  1. Kinsella, Stephen, "What Libertarianism Is"
  2. Palmer, Matt, "Rothbard and the Nature of the State"
  3. Machan, Tibor, "Seen and Unseen"
  4. Hazlitt, Henry, "Understanding "Austrian" Economics"
  5. ------------------, "Man vs. the Welfare State"
  6. Finegold, Jonathan, "Passion Comes from Liberty"
  7. Mises, Ludwig von, "The Sphere of Economic Calculation"
  8. Carden, Art, "Common Objections to Capitalism"
  9. Rothbard, Murray, "Why Be a Libertarian?"
  10. _____________, "Spotlight on Keynesian Economics"
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abskebabs replied on Fri, May 7 2010 11:41 AM

I can only think of 5 right now:

1. The Sovereign Individual, Helio Beltrao

2. A Society of Criminals, Ben O'Neil

3. The War on The Young, Brian Foglia

4. Science for the State, Jim Fedako

5. Paul Krugman and the Consumption Myth, Jonathon M. Finegold Catalan

 

Not including my own of course ;)

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Vitor replied on Fri, May 7 2010 11:48 AM

Lilburne have an awesome one about Andrew Jackson and his struggle with the old Central Bank.

It's really thrilling and well written.

http://mises.org/daily/3632

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Not including my own of course ;)

What is your article(s)?

There is too many good ones for me to pick 10.

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.—Karl Kraus.

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abskebabs replied on Fri, May 7 2010 12:23 PM

"What is your article(s)?"

I'd like to stay at least semi-anonymous here, so I'll send you the links via PM.

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abskebabs replied on Sat, Jun 19 2010 11:28 AM

in addition, this was a very enjoyable read:

From the Runways of Austria by Pia Varma

"When the King is far the people are happy."  Chinese proverb

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Vitor:

Lilburne have an awesome one about Andrew Jackson and his struggle with the old Central Bank.

It's really thrilling and well written.

http://mises.org/daily/3632

This is one of the most beautifully inspiring articles I have ever read.

Suddenly, every fibre of my body is fused with a passion for justice that Jackson had when he turned against that repulsive central banker.

It makes me realize that this passion alone is enough to turn the bureaucratic central banking scheme against itself, allow its own corrupt practices to destroy itself, and bring down the entire system that supports inflationism, big government, and wars abroad.

To think that an economically literate man like Andrew Jackson had to fight it alone - currently, the economically literate people who are against central banking are manyfold, and there is no reason why they can't achieve what that one man did all alone with no help.

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eezmeli replied on Sat, Jul 17 2010 3:09 AM

Thank you very much for all. 

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