I’m looking for something light to gently introduce someone who is against abuses such as Monsanto, environmental destruction, and who sees crime in the extreme gap between rich and poor in poor countries.
The reading is going to have to start from a base that the reader is already familiar with; if it starts off with heavy an-cap theory, the reader is probably going to reject it out of hand.
Does anyone have any recommendations? I honestly can’t think of any off the top of my head, except for maybe a Ron Paul book. I didn’t start from the position of socialist, though.
Walter Block’s interview on environmentalism which he did while at the Fraser Institute.
Bear in mind, Monsanto is able to do what it does because of the horrendous patent system and collusion with state interests which encourage corporate agri business and discourage market place diversity when it comes to food. Actually, this would be a great place for an Austrian to do analysis, food is a much more personal topic than central banking.
In my experience, sending people Mises Dailies convinces them I’m nothing but a right-wing extremist. The waters need to be a bit warmer before I go there. However, I do like the venus project article and of course I’m going to be recommending some articles once I feel the waters are a bit warmer
NewLiberty, I haven’t read that before. That might be just the perfect subject for my socialist friend. I’m going to check out the site; thanks for sharing that.
For issues about labor, unemployment, and the income gap: http://mises.org/media.aspx?action=subject&ID=13. They’ll learn a lot about why the income gap is so great in some parts of the world and how it has nothing to do with the free market by studying Austrian economics, as I’m sure you well know.
