Hi, I have a few questions. 1.I’ve read Peter Schiff’s How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes and Henry Hazlitt’s Economics in One Lesson. Would you still recommend that I read Gene Callahan’s Economics for Real People and Robert Murphy’s Lessons for the Young Economist? If so, which one should I …

Murphy’s book is extremely basic. It depends on how well you understand things like subjective theory of value, marginal utility, decreasing marginal utility, gains from trade, reasons for indirect exchange, etc. I personally learned all of those from random articles. I still plan on reading LftYE…

Holy crap great questions. Welcome! Be sure to check out The Ultimate Beginner meta-thread for a good collection of resources, the welcome thread for forum tips and how-tos. 1.) That’s definitely a personal call. Like Wheylous says, it all depends on how well you understand the basics concepts. 2.…

Read MES or Human Action one chapter at a time. While reading through a chapter, refer to the corresponding section in the study guide.

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Ok, thanks. The reason I asked about Zinn is because I had to read the first 3 chapters of A People’s History this summer for my AP US History Class. Also, I went over the syllabus for that class, and it seems like we’ll be referring to Zinn as well as to the textbook on nearly everything, so I was…

ya its a personal opinion, but i know i wouldnt read them if ive read hazlitt’s economics in one lesson. I read gene callahan’s as one of my first books and really didnt like it. Very simple and pretty boring. I havent read murphy’s so i really cant give a good opinion. if you understand the two bo…

Just use your brains when reading Zinn and the textbooks. Come here for resources to elucidate unclear points. I can offer these two works of mine on specific topics: https://wiki.freecapitalists.org/wiki/Standard_Oil https://wiki.freecapitalists.org/wiki/Meat_packing

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You might check out some of the lists here. Obviously the “history” section in particular.

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