I’m going to be doing a lot of flying this weekend, and next. I’d like to print off some essays/articles relating to Austrian economics/libertarianism to read on the trip. What are some of the best, must-read essays that can be printed off for free online? I’ve already recently read the essays “The Revolution Was” by Garet Garrett, and “That Which Is Seen” by Frederic Bastiat.
The best articles, in my opinion, are:
Defense of Consumerism
Decline and Fall of Gorbachev and the Soviet State
Proof that Socialism Cannot Work
The paradox of imperialism
The end of socialism and the calculation debate revisited
The mantle of science
Hayek’s “The Use of Knowledge in Society” is a must-read for anyone. What subject areas interest you most?
I find Do You Hate The State? by Rothbard inspirational.
Democratic Government: An Oxymoron by Paul Hein is also always fun to revisit.
Not hard-core stuff, but I find the simplest arguments most convincing. They don`t say brilliantly simple for nothing.