I saw Road to Serfdom at Barnes & Nobles today, and bought it. This is good news; first time I've seen an Austrian book, other than Meltdown, at a bookstore.
I'm reading that one right now.
The local used book store I frequent has had a consistently semi-decent selection of libertarian & anarchistic literature (sadly, anarchist books are fewer & rarer & bunched together with the socialist books, which never seem to be touched, thankfully). I will probably have to go more frequently on the days they ship books in to get the real good stuff, methinks, as it seems they are in higher demand (the cashier commented so based on my purchases). I also saw Mises' Buearcracy, but decided against buying it since I felt it was over-priced for a used copy (7 dollars, which wouldnt be too much if i didn't have the PDF on my comp already).I could probably find more if I literally spent a day there looking (at most I average 2 and 1/2 hours, but recently they made a map of the aisles so it's not as disorganized as before...)They have a ton of philosophy &history books, however; a good deal of them are vintage as well. I recently got a pristine copy of H.L. Menken's "The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche" for 4 bucks (9 dollars originally) :D
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I always see Meltdown, Road to Serfdom, and Economics in One Lesson at the two Barnes and Nobles I go to. I always pull them out and put them in front of the other books with the cover facing out. Hopefully someone picks them up. I also always turn Krugman's books around so no one has to look at them.
BobT: I always see Meltdown, Road to Serfdom, and Economics in One Lesson at the two Barnes and Nobles I go to. I always pull them out and put them in front of the other books with the cover facing out. Hopefully someone picks them up. I also always turn Krugman's books around so no one has to look at them.
Nitroadict: BobT: I always see Meltdown, Road to Serfdom, and Economics in One Lesson at the two Barnes and Nobles I go to. I always pull them out and put them in front of the other books with the cover facing out. Hopefully someone picks them up. I also always turn Krugman's books around so no one has to look at them. I think if libertarian flash mobs emerged to do this simple thing across various barnes & nobles stores, it would be a pretty subtle & effective marketing tactic, actually. The RP'ers would nuts over something like that (if they didn't already think about it).
not a bad idea, I pass a lot of Barnes and Nobles and shop at verious ones semi frequently across NYC.
Dondoolee: Nitroadict: BobT: I always see Meltdown, Road to Serfdom, and Economics in One Lesson at the two Barnes and Nobles I go to. I always pull them out and put them in front of the other books with the cover facing out. Hopefully someone picks them up. I also always turn Krugman's books around so no one has to look at them. I think if libertarian flash mobs emerged to do this simple thing across various barnes & nobles stores, it would be a pretty subtle & effective marketing tactic, actually. The RP'ers would nuts over something like that (if they didn't already think about it). not a bad idea, I pass a lot of Barnes and Nobles and shop at verious ones semi frequently across NYC.
Nitroadict: Dondoolee: Nitroadict: BobT: I always see Meltdown, Road to Serfdom, and Economics in One Lesson at the two Barnes and Nobles I go to. I always pull them out and put them in front of the other books with the cover facing out. Hopefully someone picks them up. I also always turn Krugman's books around so no one has to look at them. I think if libertarian flash mobs emerged to do this simple thing across various barnes & nobles stores, it would be a pretty subtle & effective marketing tactic, actually. The RP'ers would nuts over something like that (if they didn't already think about it). not a bad idea, I pass a lot of Barnes and Nobles and shop at verious ones semi frequently across NYC. What other books should be considered? Meltdown is a good candidate, as it's relevant to present going-ons; if you can think of any other libertarian like books you've seen there, list em here. I'm gonna check their website to see if I can find anything else...
The Revolution
Le Master: Nitroadict: Dondoolee: Nitroadict: BobT: I always see Meltdown, Road to Serfdom, and Economics in One Lesson at the two Barnes and Nobles I go to. I always pull them out and put them in front of the other books with the cover facing out. Hopefully someone picks them up. I also always turn Krugman's books around so no one has to look at them. I think if libertarian flash mobs emerged to do this simple thing across various barnes & nobles stores, it would be a pretty subtle & effective marketing tactic, actually. The RP'ers would nuts over something like that (if they didn't already think about it). not a bad idea, I pass a lot of Barnes and Nobles and shop at verious ones semi frequently across NYC. What other books should be considered? Meltdown is a good candidate, as it's relevant to present going-ons; if you can think of any other libertarian like books you've seen there, list em here. I'm gonna check their website to see if I can find anything else... The Revolution
yeah that just popped into my head as well.Here's a short list I've compiled after browsing Barnes & Nobles site for a few minutes. I didn't check for in-store availability, but I figure a big enough list will yield enough results to pick & choose from, if by any chance, the more popular choices are somehow not in stock:
New Libertarian Manifesto by Samuel Edward KonkinHealing Our World in an Age of Aggressionby Mary J. RuwartRoad To Serfdomby F. A. HayekMeltdown : A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worseby Thomas E. Woods, Ron PaulAmerica's Great Depressionby Murray N. Rothbard(would be also be extremley relevant, & to the uinformed, would be an excellent first serious read)Neurophilosophy of Free Will: From Libertarian Illusions to a Concept of Natural Autonomyby Henrik Walter, Cynthia Klohr (despite the title, i think it provides a good look into neurophilosphy, & this might help people who are against libertarianism question their own beliefs, without the obvious flavor of libertarianism, or the "rude" rejection of the potentional reader's ideaology)Capitalism : The Unknown Idealby Ayn Rand& Atlas Shrugged (it wouldn't hurt to get more people interested & help the recent renewel in the atlas shrugged meme).The Revolution : A Manifestoby Ron Paul
At my local Borders store I see The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve.
Granted its more conspiratorial than Austrian/Libertarian, but it does slam the Fed.
(Alright book though :/)