I think I’ve gotten enough books to put together a reading list for economics. the basic categories i want to cover are: overall econ (stuff like murphy’s lessons for the young economist) basic intro to austrian econ money austrian business cycle theory socialism and refutations of socialism k…

Maybe I wasn’t clear. I’ve already got the books, I’m just wondering what order I should read them in. Sorry for the confusion.

The Anti Capitalistic Mentality That Which is Seen, and That Which is Not Seen Lessons for the Young Economist An Introduction to Austrian Economics Economics for Real People Economic Science and the Austrian Method The Free Market Reader Man,Economy and State w/Power and Market What is Mone…

Start with Mises Theory of Money and Credit. It is short and direct. Understanding what money is, is a good start. Read Adam Smith’s “Theory of Moral Sentiment” before you read “Wealth of Nations”. Mises “Human Action” is a must read early on. Mises “Socialism” is a mid-point read. I would not r…

Damn… Do you intend to read all of that?

But I assume you’ve already read a considerable amount of them.

In that list, no. But I have read… Economics in One Lesson Meltdown How An Economy Grows and Why It Crashes End the Fed How Capitalism Saved America Hamilton’s Curse

You can trim that down to less than 20 books pretty easy. Marx is pretty much dead as far as econmic theory is conserned. There are a couple of relics, but most of his discilpes have moved on to Keynes or even Modern Monetary Theory. There are still people who chapion is social ideas, but the econo…

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