We’ve gathered quite a bit of resoures here, and inspired by this thread, I figured it was time to create a single meta-thread for newcomers.
The order here is not random. I did what I could to put everything in probably the most comprehensive arrangement, listing the links in the best order for introduction and progression.
[shortcut for this thread: http://tinyurl.com/BeginnerThread]
Welcome
Forum Welcome: tips and how-tos
Getting started with free market/liberty oriented thinking
Three questions from a clueless high school student
Guides and Knowledge for your Intellectual Journey
Getting started in the Austrian School of economics
Austrian economics links at Mises WIki - (all the relevant links to “what is Austrian economics?” “What should I read first?”, etc.)
Recommendations for first books (separated by subject matter)
Libertarianism
What It Means To Be an Anarcho-Capitalist
Sharing your journey
How I Became A Libertarian (from I Chose Liberty: Autobiographies of Contemporary Libertarians)
How did you become a libertarian?
How were you first introduced to Austrian Economics?
Does anyone ever wish that they never discovered AE?
How do people become anarchists?
The Story of My Conversion to Liberalism
New member of the community - hello! glad to be here.
Argumentation & spreading the word
“I’m in a debate somewhere on the Internet and I need help”
To Any Who Were Once Apathetic: What Brought You In?
A model of the liberty message…this is what you can be
This is what you can do with OccupyWallStreet
How Would You Teach Capitalism?
Recommendations on policy when dealing with newbs/statists.
Pamphlet content recommendations
Common arguments
Category:Argumentation (basic points to refute common arguments on common topics)
Libertarianism
You use government services. Hypocrite!
You’re a dumb, extreme right wing, fox news brainwashed, revisionist history racist!
Self-Ownership? (resource list)
What would you replace it with?
Political theory and practice
Economics
Epistemology & Methodology (Praxeology playlist)
Austrian economics “refuted” threads
Austrian Business Cycle Theory (ABCT)
Permanent Keynesian Refutation Thread
Efficient Markets Hypothesis (EMH)
“Socialist countries like Sweden and the USSR are economically successful”
Economic science, models, & forecasting
Practical Applications of Austrian Economics (investing)
Chicago School vs. Austrian School
Supply-side / “trickle-down” economics
Money & Banking
Fiat money advocates, aka “Greenbackers”
Fractional & full reserve banking & the Federal Reserve
Ethics
Should a Starving Man Steal Bread?
“Public Goods”
Externalities threads (including “global warming/climate change”)
resources on Public Goods at Mises Wiki
Courts/Law, Security/Defense (Free Society reading list & threads)
Science, research, & technology development
But what about roads and schools?
Can the free market provide for the needs of the handicapped?
How To Rescue a Child (without the State)
Market function & regulation
Oil/Gasoline Prices & Speculation
Monopoly & Predatory pricing (aka “commodity hoarding”) (Antitrust; the Microsoft case)
Intellectual Property (IP) and innovation [shortcut: http://tinyurl.com/ipconcept]
Economic history
The Great Depression, the New Deal, and WWII
Schooling
Austrian economics and university
“Please Enroll Responsibly: Avoiding Indoctrination at College”
Recommendations in considering “higher ed”
Montessori, Peace, and Libertarianism
Do you teach your children Austrian Economics/Anarcho-Capitalism?
What is the libertarian view on homeschooling?
10 Problems with American Education & How to Fix Them
More resources and recommendations
Reading/Education/Document/Debate Tree
From Minarchism to Anarchism in Ten Easy Steps: A Guide for Constitutionalists
Libertarian/Anarchist Relational Chart
Still don’t know where to get started?
Watch these, in this order:
Then explore.