For those who had decided to join the reading of Rothbard’s An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I, the discussion thread is now up and running. That said, I have formulated a reading list for the required five books for next year: 1. Prices & Production 2. A History of Money & Banking 3. The Theory of Money & Credit 4. Free Banking and 5. Making Poor Nations Rich.
Now that is cool. I need a new bookcase, mine is already full.
Whats missing is a hanging hammock chair. There is no where to sit in that stair case for reading. I like my reading error walled with books!
I see that you have Shankar’s book on Quantum Mechanics, one of my personal favorites on non-relativistic quantum physics. Are you a physicist and is Ziman’s book on advanced quantum theory pertaining to Quantum Field Theory?
How do people find the time (and discipline) to read all that?
I think Gary North made a good point about G. Edward Griffin. G.E.G. doesn’t have a Ph.D.
Speed read?? I’ve been hoping to pick that up. I’m such a slow reader.
I’m only good at reading this forum. (Why is there no emoticon for laughing at loud?)
No shame in that. I learned more from this forum in the first few months then I did in K-12, maybe even more then my freshmen/sophomore years.
Hey, I was thinking: The government should pass a law that reduces the speed of speed reading down to the average reading speed and also increases the reading speed of the slower readers by changing the way reading speed is calculated.
As Mises says Middle of the road policy concerning speed reading leads to the illliteration of the masses!
I like that one the best.
Is it weird I am drooling?
I’m hoping to do something similar with a room in my basement. I want a personal office/library. I’d have to have a desk with my computer on it somewhere, though. No TV, and I’ve have 1 or two other computers kicking around the house for entertainment anyways. The one in that room would be strictly for research and writing. I promise!
No thank you. Have you read the Black Book of Communism?
Sorry I didn’t notice your comment before. I really like Shankar’s book too, it builds up from a good foundation, like all good books! I am a final year physics student yes. I borrowed the Ziman book to help with my project work, as there are precious few that cover second quantization. It does have a little field theory too, but to be honest I think(hope?!) there are better books on both subjects.
Are you a professional physicist?