I’ve decided that I want to read 3 books on the Austrian School and libertarianism. I want to enhance my comprehension of economics, learn to debunk anti-libertarian attacks, and understand libertarianism and the free market from both a practical and a philosophical point of view.
Which 3 books should I read?
Jean Baechler – Origins of capitalism
Mises – Theory of money and credit
Mises – Theory and History
Mises – Human Action
Rothbard – Betrayal of the American right
Rothbard – America’s Great Depression
Rothbard – Panic of 1819
Vetter & Gallaway – Out of Work: Unemployment in America
Doug French – Early Speculative bubbles and the theory of money
Garet Garrett – The bubble that broke the world
Burton Folsom – New Deal or Raw Deal?
John T Flynn – The Roosevelt Myth
George Reisman – Capitalism
Lysander Spooner – The unconstitutionality of slavery
Lysander Spooner – Let’s abolish government
Albert J Nock – Our enemy, the state
That’s my book list that I need to buy. Don’t limit yourself to three. So much reading, so little time.
Here are three.
Frank Chodorov - One is a Crowd
Butler Shaffer - Boundaries of Order (I haven’t read it yet, but I have heard it is very good)
Hans-Hermann Hoppe - Democracy The God That Failed
Any beginner must start with:
Mises’ favorite book: Principles of Economics by Carl Menger.
Rothbard’s favorite book: Foundations of The Market Price System by Milton Shapiro