Well, as it just goes to show when something good has been online for quite a while now I am not a part of it. Hopefully I can learn alot from this place as well as make some new friends, educate myself and others with the traditions which have been in place here since the time of Locke and others, and I hope and pray that things change soon for the sake of us all when it comes to the insanity in control right now.
And on that note, a little about myself: I am an uneducated dolt who has been in the vacuum industry for close to two decades. I lost my business, moved my family from our comfort zone over 3,000 miles from CA, moved to WI and have yet to find solid work and a pay rate worth living on, am back in college for a psychology major and I hope to be able to support my family which is expanding at the rate of wild bunnies as I have a fourth child on the way. I am an advocate for Libeertarian Ideals though the word Libertarian outside of Libertarian circles is the dirtiest word on the Planet for some reason. For this reason I usually call myself a fiscal Conservative and that gets me by without getting into a stupid debate over semantics. Other than that, I love my kids and am expanding my limited education for their benefit, not mine.
So I beg of you, please educate me in this field, as it seems to be the most important issue right now for the sake of the future of my kids. And also, I hope to make some good friends who can bounce information and ideas off of here.
Cheers,
The CEO
Welcome, CEO. Always great to see a new person on here.
Here is a list of five books on Austrian economics, listed in the order of increasing difficulty:
Faustino Ballve, Essentials of Economics http://mises.org/books/ballve.pdf
Gene Callahan, Economics for Real People http://mises.org/books/econforrealpeople.pdf
Murray Rothbard, What Has Government Done to Our Money? http://mises.org/money.asp
Murray Rothbard, The Austrian Theory of Money http://mises.org/rothbard/money.pdf
Murray Rothbard, Man, Economy, and State http://mises.org/rothbard/mespm.PDF
Welcome to the site C. E. Oberg, we are glad to have you.
How much do you know about Austrian Economics already? A great place to start would be to read the book Economics In One Lesson. That book is always a great introduction into the basics of economics, and teaching sound economic thought.
The essentials of economics are as follows:
Introductory Texts:
- David Gordon: An Introduction to Economic Reasoning
- Gene Callahan: Economics for Real People
- Henry Hazlitt: Economics in One Lesson
- Ludwig von Mises - Liberalism
- Carl Menger - Principles of Economics
- Hans-Hermann Hoppe - Economic Science and the Austrian Method
- Murray Rothbard - Man, Economy and State
- Hans-Hermann Hoppe - A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism
Business Cycle
- Jesus Huerta de Soto - Money, Bank Credit and Economic Cycles
- Murray Rothbard - America’s Great Depression
- Roger Garrison - Time and Money
- Hans-Hermann Hoppe - The Economics and Ethics of Private Property
- Murray Rothbard - The Case Against the Fed
Socialism
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Ludwig von Mises - Economic Calculation in the Socialist Common Wealth
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Ludwig von Mises - Socialism
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Trygve Hoff - Economic Calculation in the Socialist Society
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Eugen von Bohm Bawerk - Karl Marx and the Close of His System
Other:
- Hans-Hermann Hoppe - Democracy: The God that Failed
- Murray Rothbard - An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought
Welcome! If you are not an anarchist yet, you may become one soon if you spend much time here.
All of you, thank you for your zeal and lists of text!
And as for becoming an Anarchist, I have to learn to do away with my minarchial ideals first. I do believe once society can be prepared enough to undertake sucvh a step then the anrachic promise can be achieved. Other than this I am nowhere near educated enough to preach a doctrine i am still learning about at this juncture.
I will begin my education from hereon in the Austrian School. I have only read enough to get me into trouble and prove that I am Sophomoric in my education thus far. But from what I have been taught, I am one who professes this School already to those who would argue against it otherwise.
Cheers,
CEO
Welcome CEO!
Ask questions! Be inquisitive. Participate!
Glad to have you here. I highly recommend that you read Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt before reading the other books everyone recommended. It’ll get you thinking like an economist in no time.
Well I did read it/listen to it. Awesome. Problem is I have to still try and understand it completely as it hits you like a gold brick and you can only grab a small amount of it in each sitting.
I will reread it again and again. Thank you for the recommendation.