Should these be read back to back? If so, in what order?
Are there any specific books that should be read before one or both of them?
Should they be read sooner rather than later?
To add to the third question, here’s a concern of mine: I read both of them early on, and gain a good understanding of Austrian econ. Thus, future easier books, e.g. What Has Government Done to Our Money?, seem redundant, and less fun to read.
I have not read MES, but my take on HA was this. The chapter on prices slowed me down (300 pages in I believe), but I actually read some of the later chapters online before I owned the book, and I find those chapters (which are less systematic in explaining theory) to be a casual way to understand Mises’ approach. I think if you own the book (or not) you could go ahead and read parts six and seven or go ahead and read chapters of those online. Nor does reading something like HA make smaller and less intricate texts less fun to read, they can help you remember points and I find some of the smaller essays published by the LvMI just as vital to understand the theories compared to larger works.
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