I should finish up Rothbard’s What Has Government Done to Our Money by the end of today. What do you suggest I read next (keep in mind I am a beginner in AE and AC)? I was thinking perhaps Hazlitt’s Economics In One Lesson would be a good read to compliment my previous read. Any others? Thanks
Vienna and Chicago: Friends or Foes by Mark Skousen
While Hazlitt’s Economics in One Lesson is a great introduction to economic reasoning, I’d strongly recommend both Callahan’s Economics for Real People and Hoppe’s A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism as very readable, theory heavy, introductory (though Socialism and Capitalism leans towards intermediate) texts.
Economics in One Lesson is a fine introduction to basic economics
http://store.mises.org/Mises-Institute-Home-Study-Course-in-Austrian-Economics-P211.aspx
I would strongly recommend the home study guide. It is a comprehensive introduction to Austrian economics.
From the review http://www.thefreemanonline.org/book-reviews/book-review-vienna-and-chicago-friends-or-foes-a-tale-of-two-schools-of-free-market-economics-by-mark-skousen/# book seems biased towards chicago school. What is so good about this book?
You should read a lot of short essays to sample anarcho-libertarian theory. Roderick Long has a lot of good ones…
Economics in One Lesson and Economics for Real People are both very good, simple introductions to economics. I recommend that you read at least one of these books, if not both. Once you’ve read these two books, read them again!
It is worthwhile going over the basics of economics before trying to plough on ahead with anything more specifics, or anything more difficult (like Human Action - good book, once you’ve covered the basics).
On AE, here are some shorter pieces: I, Pencil (short essay), Grayson’s Human Action Comics, and some Tom Woods video goodness.
On AC, I recommend: The Obviousness of Anarchy and really all of Hasnas’s essays on that subject. Also my essay here (because it seems to short-circuit some of the needless anarchy-minarchy debates). At least on political theory, don’t read more than you can think through!