I’ve always believed that people should be free. Libertarian philosophy seems to match with much of the beliefs that I have. It’s the only real political philosophy that makes sense to me. I just recently realized why economic liberalism is wrong and I realized that libertarianism was the right eco…

Hi SilentXtarian! Welcome to the forums. [:D] "What kinds of things are there that would help get me up to speed? " The foundations of libertarianism and the non aggressiom axiom and Lockean Homesteading private property rights. Stick with those, without violating either and you can’t go wrong. “…

Let’s see, suggested reading. Austrian economics specifically? Start with “Economics in One Lesson” by Henry Hazlitt and work through Hazlitt’s suggested reading list (which of course has “Human Action”, “Man, Economy, and State”, etc.). Hulsmann’s “Mises: The Last Knight of Liberalism”, while a bi…

I would reccomend reading and listening to Walter Block. He has a very friendly, welcoming style and he really helped me when I first began studying Austrian Economics.

For economics, read the following books in this order: David Gordon, An Introduction to Economic Reasoning (here), Gene Callahan, Economics for Real People (here), Henry Hazliit, Economics in One Lesson ( here ), Carl Menger, Principles of Economics (here) Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Economic Science and th…

In addition to the other great suggestions (in particular Giles’) also be aware that Mises.org has a home study couse in Economics which includes a lot of the books that people have recommended above, along with a bunch of MP3 recordings of lectures etc. and a genereal reading guide (recommending a …

I myself have never actually read much literature outside of the Mises daily articles and FEE.org articles. I have tried to read some of the books, but since I already understand it most of it, I get bored really quick. I find the best way for me to learn is to just discuss things with other people.…

I’m sorry to tell you but there are many things inside the pages of Human Action or Money, Bank Credit and Economic Cycles or whatever that you can’t and won’t learn on any forum.

You are sorry? :wink: But really, I doubt there is. There is no need for me to understand the specifics of banking. I know enough about monopolies to know that the government needs to get out of the currency market. As to Human Action, I really doubt there is anything in it that I would not alrea…

A very good economics outline with links to a lot of audio files, .pdf version of books, and articles can be found at: http://www.campaignforliberty.com/edu/economics.php If you click on their “education” tab, you can get outlines to other topics, such as sound money, foreign policy, education, and…

I'm new to libertarian thought. Can someone recommend me some reading?

Miscellaneous Newbies

Thedesolateone February 11, 2009, 7:35am 4

In this thread, there is a short reading list further down that might help;

https://forum.freecapitalists.org/t/libertarian-political-philosophy-reading-list/765

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I'm new to libertarian thought. Can someone recommend me some reading?

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