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Re: Books to Buy

MB — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:34:31 GMT

I was reading the short paper "What is Austrian Economics", and I had a few questions (as there was no notes or recommended reading or the like.

Are Cantillon or Turgot worth reading?

It says "his student Friederich von Wieser strongly influenced Friedrich von Hayek's later writings". So is anything of Wieser worth reading?

We read of Mises' stolen papers being recovered in Russia. I heard of this. I've wonder it there was any hidden gems in those papers that might be worth publishing? (sort of like the various things Rothbard wrote for the Volker Fund that were never published, at least not until the recent book)

I see that Hazlitt wrote a line-by-line critique of Keynes. What work was that in? Was that "Failure of the 'New Economics'"?

Re: Books to Buy

jtucker — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:52:07 GMT

He wrote three more! all are amazing. All of them.

Re: Books to Buy

Jonathan M. F. Catalán — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:24:40 GMT

Beefheart:

Any word on when or if Reisman's Capitalism will see a price drop? Because, I mean... damn that thing is expensive.

Definitely worth the $95 I paid for it. It's also like twice as big as any other book I have (Human Action included), so you get your "bang for the buck".

Re: Books to Buy

LUCHAC — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:14:16 GMT

How about novels. I just read The Driver and it was great. Does anybody know of other great novelists like Garret and Rand?

Thanks.

Re: Books to Buy

Beefheart — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:46:09 GMT

krazy kaju:

Reisman's Capitalism is also a very long treatise which shouldn't be read by the beginner who isn't willing to cough up $100 for an econ book.

Fair enough.

Re: Books to Buy

Andrew Cain — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:08:03 GMT

Le Master:
I've actually been dying to get that since you've been mentioning it in various posts, LM.

I have now heard Rothbard and Ralph Raico say it is probably the best written book on Socialism. I outstandingly agree.

Re: Books to Buy

Le Master — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:03:30 GMT

Laughing Man:
I actually got first editions of those but any idea when you are going to start selling The Socialist Tradition. That is certainly a book everyone should have.

I've actually been dying to get that since you've been mentioning it in various posts, LM.

I'm trying to compile a Christmas list right now and this thread is pretty helpful. I'll post it when I'm finished.

Re: Books to Buy

krazy kaju — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:56:56 GMT

Reisman's Capitalism is also a very long treatise which shouldn't be read by the beginner who isn't willing to cough up $100 for an econ book.

Re: Books to Buy

Beefheart — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:54:46 GMT

Any word on when or if Reisman's Capitalism will see a price drop? Because, I mean... damn that thing is expensive.

Re: Books to Buy

Andrew Cain — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:11:18 GMT

I was astounded that you guys were able to get Alexander Gray's works The Socialist Tradition and Development of Economic Doctrine. I actually got first editions of those but any idea when you are going to start selling The Socialist Tradition. That is certainly a book everyone should have.

Oh and any word about Ralph Raico's book on liberalism? I really want to read that sucker.

Re: Books to Buy

nirgrahamUK — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:23:50 GMT

jtucker:
Wieser was unsound on value.

True that. I tried to read Wieser as I was so curious to read about his theories of imputation, and the pricing of factors of production. But the first things I read from him, though I quite appreciated his writing *style*, struck me as so fallacious on value that it undermined my efforts to read him (especially when I have so much else to study!)

Re: Books to Buy

jtucker — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:42:57 GMT

Wieser was unsound on value. We have his works on the site but in print? hmmm

Re: Books to Buy

MB — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:16:12 GMT

This may be the wrong thread to ask this, but I'm not sure where (other then to start a new thread).

In reading over the early Austrians, there is one that seems to be overlooked, Friedrich von Wieser, who was Bohm-Bawerk's brother-in-law. His works are out of print. Not sure how important he (and his works are). Has he written anything of interest that it might be reprinted?

Re: Books to Buy

jtucker — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:14:00 GMT

It's always a hard choice but within the last month, we found a company that can do hardbacks for less than we pay for paperbacks.

So already we are plotting a switch on a number of titles

Our Enemy, The State, Nock
Rise and Fall of Society, Chodorov

we'll see about more.

I mean, if we can sell them for less, why not?

Re: Books to Buy

MB — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:09:32 GMT

Well, as I have the complete Libertarian Forum in paperback, I'm not interested in that. :)

Personally, I don't care for hardbacks. To me, they aren't necessary better then paperbacks, and the cost difference puts me off. I could use the price difference to buy more books. I'll buy them if I have no choice (book will only be out in hardback).

While I love that the Institute is doing so much publishing, I would prefer they make everything in paperback. If you want to make some things ALSO in hardback, that's fine, but don't like it when something is ONLY available in hardback. Also, have mixed feelings for the recent small paperbacks you've done. The size almost seems too small. Most of the small monograph/pamphlets I have are a little larger then that. But if the work is not available elsewhere, I'll probably keep getting them.