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Re: Official Reading Group Thread

fegeldolfy — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 07:44:25 GMT

Anyone else?

Re: Official Reading Group Thread

fegeldolfy — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 04:29:34 GMT

Okay so...

America's Great Depression-1 vote

The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal

A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism

Socialism

Marxism Unmasked

Requiem for Marx

The Failure of the "New Economics"

Where Keynes Went Wrong

Economics for Real People

How An Economy Grows and Why It Crashes-1 vote

Economic Sophisms

Re: Official Reading Group Thread

MichMAK2 — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 03:52:23 GMT

I've read How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes. I thought it was good book and wouldn't mind joining a discussion on it.

As for other books that I would be interested in reading, I am afraid I haven't read very many, so I wouldn't know where to start. Of course if there is a reading group starting up on a good entry-level book I wouldn't mind joining.

Re: Official Reading Group Thread

fegeldolfy — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 03:29:53 GMT

Anyone else interested in America's Great Depression?

Or any of the other books I mentioned?

Re: Official Reading Group Thread

Neodoxy — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 02:07:07 GMT

I'd love to have a reading group about America's great depression. I read parts of it back in the day, but I didn't really understand it back then so I'd like to have another go.

Re: Official Reading Group Thread

fegeldolfy — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 02:04:38 GMT

Is anyone interested in a reading group for any of the following:

America's Great Depression

The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal

A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism

Socialism

Marxism Unmasked

Requiem for Marx

The Failure of the "New Economics"

Where Keynes Went Wrong

Economics for Real People

How An Economy Grows and Why It Crashes

Economic Sophisms

Re: Official Reading Group Thread

Anarcho-libertarian — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:49:09 GMT

I copied you at the DailyPaul:

http://www.dailypaul.com/227425/join-our-reading-group-discussions

Re: Official Reading Group Thread

Jargon — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:57:36 GMT

Re: Official Reading Group Thread

Williamloveseconomics — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:53:08 GMT

Sent this info to the Ron Paul forum to see if we can further the support.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?372484-Mises-reading-groups&p=4363337#post4363337

Re: Official Reading Group Thread

Jargon — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:41:32 GMT

@Vive - If you didn't see it: http://mises.org/Community/forums/t/28884.aspx

Re: Official Reading Group Thread

vive la insurrection — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:28:29 GMT

I'd like to see opinions of Mises's various epistemological works before I create a thread on that. I'd be open to Theory and History too, but that's long as well. We'll see how it goes ;)

It sounds like "Ultimate Foundations" would be the better of the two according to Ari - never read it, but if what he said is true, that would be the better epistemological works to discuss.

Theory and History is what I call one of Mises "Big 4" - and probably my fav read of them - though, as you pointed out it may be too big of a work for a form discssion group.

Either way, if you do any Mises discussions I'm game - let me know

Re: Official Reading Group Thread

ThatOldGuy — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:03:00 GMT

Aristippus:
I second Jargon's suggestion of Ultimate Foundation followed by Failure of the New Economics.

I'm good with that.

Re: Official Reading Group Thread

NonAntiAnarchist — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:54:48 GMT

@Jargon

Yes, I think it'll be a good read. I'll get to his longer works on another occasion.

Which should we do first?

@Oldguy

Thanks for the info. I think grouping them will be a good idea then.

Re: Official Reading Group Thread

ThatOldGuy — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:54:48 GMT

NonAntiAnarchist:
It seems like we have a lot of demand for Hazlitt's work, so I think that's a given (shall I create a thread for it?)

Do it. YOLO

NonAntiAnarchist:
Would it be redundant to couple it with Hoppe's Economic Science and the Austrian Method?

Not necessarily. Hoppe, in that work, states that Mises hinted that the basis of Epistemology is Praxeological and doesn't fully develop it. In that brief work (90 pages), Hoppe expands on this. In other words, I think that, based on what Hoppe says in his work, Economic Science and the Austrian Method is a great supplement for The Ultimate Foundations of Economic Science.

Re: Official Reading Group Thread

Jargon — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:51:45 GMT

NAA are you open to Ultimate Foundation or are you more partial to a longer epistemological work?